SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Areas of outstanding natural beauty: conservation boards

Parish members

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1

The parish members of an English conservation board shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the relevant order, by—

a

the parish councils for parishes the whole or any part of which is comprised in the relevant area of outstanding natural beauty, and

b

the parish meetings of any of those parishes which do not have separate parish councils.

2

A person shall not be appointed as a parish member of an English conservation board unless he is—

a

a member of the parish council for a parish the whole or any part of which is comprised in the relevant area of outstanding natural beauty, or

b

the chairman of the parish meeting of a parish—

i

which does not have a separate parish council, and

ii

the whole or any part of which is comprised in the relevant area of outstanding natural beauty.

3

Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule and to the provisions of the relevant order, where a person who qualifies for his appointment by virtue of his membership of a parish council is appointed as a parish member of an English conservation board, he shall hold office from the time of his appointment until he ceases to be a member of that parish council.

4

Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule and to the provisions of the relevant order, where a person who qualifies for his appointment by virtue of his being the chairman of a parish meeting is appointed as a parish member of an English conservation board, he shall hold office from the time of his appointment until he ceases to be the chairman of that parish meeting.

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Sub-paragraph (3) or (4) shall not have effect so as to terminate the term of office of a person who retires from a parish council, or ceases to be the chairman of a parish meeting, until such time as may be determined by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with the relevant order.

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A person who—

a

on retiring from a parish council, or

b

on ceasing to be the chairman of a parish meeting,

becomes a member of the parish council again as a newly elected councillor or, as the case may be, is elected to succeed himself as chairman of any parish meeting is eligible for re-appointment to the conservation board at the time mentioned in sub-paragraph (5).