(1)A participating council may appoint one or more members of the council to act as deputy to the member appointed by them to the fire authority, and shall notify that authority of any such appointment and, if more than one appointment is made, of the order of priority as between each such deputy.
(2)If a member appointed to the fire authority ceases to be a member of that authority the appointment of any deputy under this section by the participating council which appointed that member shall continue to have full effect, as if the member had continued to be a member.
(3)If the member appointed to the fire authority is not present at a meeting of that authority or at part of such a meeting, the deputy or one of the deputies to that member, duly notified to the authority under subsection (1) above, may attend that meeting or that part of that meeting in his place as if he were the member appointed to that authority.
(4)Where a participating council have appointed more than one deputy under subsection (1) above, the right of a deputy under subsection (3) above shall be exercisable in accordance with the order of priority notified by the appointing council.
(5)The enactments referred to in the Schedule to this Act shall apply to deputies appointed under this section as if they were appointed under Part IV of the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985.
(6)A participating council may appoint one or more members of the council to act as deputy to the member appointed by them to the London Waste Regulation Authority, and the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply with the necessary modifications in respect of such appointment.
(7)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (3) above a deputy may not preside at a meeting of the fire authority.