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3.—(1) In section 3 of the 1968 Act for the words “not less than six” there should be substituted the words “not less than seven”.
(2) Schedule 2 to the 1968 Act shall be amended as follows:–
(a)in the proviso to paragraph 3(1) for the words “less than five or more than eight” there shall be substituted the words “less than two or more than four”,
(b)after paragraph 3(1) there shall be inserted the following:
“(1A) Subject to sub-paragraph (1B), the Port Authority shall from time to time appoint such further number of persons not being officers of the Port Authority as it considers appropriate to serve as members of the Port Authority.
(1B) The number of members appointed by the Port Authority not being officers of it shall not at any time be less than three or more than four.”,
(c)in paragraph 3(2) after each reference to “the Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the Port Authority”,
(d)in paragraph 4 after the reference to “the Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or the Port Authority”, and in the proviso to paragraph 4 for the words “not being officers of the Port Authority” there shall be substituted the words “appointed by the Secretary of State”,
(e)in paragraph 5 after the words “secretary of the Port Authority” there shall be added the words “and any appointment made by the Port Authority under this Part of this Schedule shall be notified in writing to the Secretary of State by the secretary of the Port Authority”,
(f)for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following:
“6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the Port Authority shall from time to time appoint such officers of the Port Authority as it considers appropriate to serve as members of the Port Authority and, subject to this Part of this Schedule, every member appointed under this paragraph shall continue in office as a member until such time as he ceases to be an officer of the Port Authority.
(2) The number of officers appointed as members by the Port Authority shall not at any time be less than two or more than four.”,
(g)in paragraph 11 after the first reference to “Secretary of State” there shall be added the words “or, in the case of an appointment by the Port Authority, the Port Authority” and after the second reference to “Secretary of State” there shall be added the words “or, as the case may be, the Port Authority”.
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