14.—(1) In this regulation, “relevant area” means an area in respect of which an appointing authority has a duty to establish a local access forum under section 94(1).
(2) If no local access forum exists for a relevant area, the appointing authority for that area must, as soon as reasonably practicable—
(a)establish a local access forum for the relevant area in accordance with regulation 15(1)(a) or (b); or
(b)change the area for which an existing local access forum is established, in accordance with regulation 16, so that the area in respect of which the forum has functions includes the relevant area or any part of that area.
(3) Where a local access forum exists for a relevant area, the appointing authority for that area may—
(a)change the area for which it is established, in accordance with regulation 16; or
(b)merge it with another local access forum, in accordance with regulation 17.
(4) Where a joint local access forum exists for a relevant area, any of the appointing authorities concerned may terminate the functions of the joint local access forum in respect of their area, in accordance with regulation 18.