3(1)The first meeting of the Authority shall be held within twenty-one days after the date specified in the order made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(3) above and shall be treated as the annual meeting of the Authority for the year in which it is held.E+W
(2)The meeting shall be convened, and held at a place appointed, by the chief executive of Norfolk County Council.
(3)Notice of the meeting shall be published at the place where the meeting is to be held and summonses to attend the meeting shall be signed by the chief executive of Norfolk County Council.
(4)Until the completion of the election of a chairman and vice-chairman at the meeting, any functions falling to be exercised by the chairman or vice-chairman shall be exercised by a member of the Authority chosen by those members who are present.
(5)At the meeting the chief executive of Norfolk County Council shall exercise any functions falling to be exercised by the proper officer of the Authority in relation to the meeting.
(6)The standing orders for the regulation of the proceedings and business of Norfolk County Council shall, so far as practicable, apply at the meeting.
(7)The provision made by virtue of this Act in relation to the proceedings of the Authority shall have effect subject to this paragraph and, in particular, paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall not require notice of the first meeting of the Authority to be published at its offices or summonses to attend the meeting to be signed by its proper officer.