(1)Subject to subsection (2), each police authority established under section 3 shall consist of seventeen members.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order provide in relation to a police authority specified in the order that the number of its members shall be a specified odd number greater than seventeen.
(3)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
(4)[F1 Schedule 2 ] shall have effect in relation to police authorities established under section 3 and the appointment of their members.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(4) substituted (15.1.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 2 para. 1; S.I. 2006/3364, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)