16.—(1) Except where sub-paragraph (2) applies, where a vacancy in the membership of the Board is created by a parish member of the Board (“the former parish member”), the Board shall, as soon as practicable, give to each of the parish councils and parish meetings (if any) specified in the group of parishes which elected the former parish member written notice of the election by each of those parish councils and parish meetings of one parish member of the Board.E+W
(2) Where two vacancies in the membership of the Board are created by both parish members of the Board (“the former parish members”) who were elected by—
(a)the parish councils and parish meeting specified in group 3, or
(b)the parish councils and parish meetings specified in group 4,
the Board shall, as soon as practicable, give to each of the parish councils and parish meetings specified in the group of parishes which elected the former parish members written notice of the election by that group of two parish members of the Board.