Harbours Act 1964

2 Constitution of the Council

(1) The Council shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Minister, and such number of other members so appointed, not being less than seven nor more than eleven, as the Minister may from time to time determine.

(2) The members of the Council shall be appointed from amongst persons appearing to the Minister to have wide experience of, and to have shown capacity in, the management of harbours, shipping, inland transport, industrial, commercial, financial or economic matters, applied science or the organisation of workers, to have wide experience as persons employed in doing work falling to be done in the course of the management of harbours or the carrying out of harbour operations and to have shown capacity as persons so employed, or to have, in some other respect (including, in particular, knowledge or experience of matters affecting the fishing industry), special knowledge or experience that would be of value to the Council in the exercise and performance of their functions.

(3) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Council to act as deputy chairman.

(4) The Council—

(a) shall pay to their members such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine; and

(b) in the case of such members as the Minister may with the approval of the Treasury determine, shall pay such pensions or make such payments towards the provision of pensions to or in respect of those members as he may, with the like approval, determine in the case of those members respectively.

(5) The Minister shall, as soon as possible after the passing of this Act, lay before each House of Parliament a statement of the remuneration and allowances that are or will be payable to the members of the Council under this section; and, if a subsequent determination by him under this section involves a departure from the terms of the said statement or if a determination by him under this section relates to the payment of, or to payments towards the provision of, a pension to or in respect of a member of the Council, the Minister shall, as soon as possible after the determination, lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.

(6) The incidental provisions contained in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Council.