The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017

Appointment of members to and meetings of the joint board

4.—(1) The relevant riparian authorities must appoint members to the joint board at meetings to be held in June of each year.

(2) The joint board must meet at least four times in each year.

(3) If a person appointed to the joint board is unable to attend any meeting of the joint board, another member of the council of the relevant riparian authority of which that person is a member may attend that meeting instead.

(4) Any vacancy occurring amongst members of the joint board must be filled by the relevant riparian authority in relation to whose representation the vacancy occurred at a meeting to be held as soon as possible after each such occurrence.

(5) At least 3 days before a meeting of a relevant riparian authority at which it is proposed to appoint a member of the joint board, the proper officer(1) of that authority must give notice of the meeting, and of the proposed appointment, to every member of that authority.

(6) The proper officer of a relevant riparian authority must immediately give notice in writing to the proper officer of the joint board of the name, address and occupation of any person appointed by that officer’s authority to be a member of the joint board.

(7) A person appointed to the joint board ceases to be a member of the board if that person ceases to be a member of the council of the relevant riparian authority by which the person was appointed.

(1)

Under section 74 of the Act (Interpretation), a “proper officer” means, in relation to a purpose and to an authority, an officer appointed for that purpose by that authority.