26.—(1) Not later than 21 days after the coming into force of this Order, the Cumberland Joint Committee and the Westmorland and Furness Joint Committee must form a single team of officers (“the Implementation Team”) for the purposes of assisting—
(a)the relevant Joint Committee in the discharge of its functions under this Part; and
(b)if, after the dissolution of the relevant Joint Committee, the relevant shadow authority so requires, that shadow authority.
(2) The members of the Implementation Team must comprise officers from the county council, the Cumberland councils and the Westmorland and Furness councils.
(3) The Implementation Team must appoint a member of that Team to be the leader of that Team.
(4) The deputy leaders of the Implementation Team are to be an officer of one of the Cumberland councils and an officer of one of the Westmorland and Furness councils.
(5) The county council and, as regards the relevant Joint Committee, each of the Cumberland councils or each of the Westmorland and Furness councils must—
(a)co-operate in the formation of the Implementation Team, and
(b)release the officers concerned from their normal duties at such times or for such periods as the relevant Joint Committee or the relevant shadow authority may reasonably require.
(6) In this article—
“the relevant Joint Committee” means—
as regards the Cumberland councils, the Cumberland Joint Committee;
as regards the Westmorland and Furness councils, the Westmorland and Furness Joint Committee;
“the relevant shadow authority” means—
as regards the Cumberland councils, the shadow authority for Cumberland; and
as regards the Westmorland and Furness councils, the shadow authority for Westmorland and Furness.