SCHEDULE 2Election and co-option of members of district salmon fishery boards
Part 2Membership
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1
The members of the committee shall be members of a district salmon fishery board if the committee consists of not fewer than three elected representatives of qualified proprietors in the district.
2
As soon after their election as is practicable, the elected representatives of qualified proprietors shall, in accordance with the provisions of this schedule co-opt representatives of salmon anglers and tenant netsmen in the district as required by section 45(2) of this Act.
3
As soon after such co-option as is practicable, the elected representatives of qualified proprietors and the co-opted representatives shall elect, from among the representatives of qualified proprietors, a convener.
4
The members of a district salmon fishery board shall be—
a
the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above;
b
the convener elected in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) above;
c
at least one co-opted representative of salmon anglers in the district; and
d
at least one co-opted representative of tenant netsmen in the district,
but a committee shall not fail to be a district salmon fishery board only by reason that no persons or not enough persons have been co-opted in accordance with this paragraph if—
i
there are no salmon anglers or no tenant netsmen in the district; or
ii
no persons or not enough persons are willing to be co-opted.