Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

13 (1) Section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) The references in subsection (2) above, in relation to a relevant authority in England, to a committee or sub-committee of the authority and to a joint committee on which they are represented shall be taken to include references to—

(a) any inshore fisheries and conservation authority (“IFC authority”) the members of which include persons who are members of the relevant authority, and

(b) any sub-committee appointed by such an authority;

but in relation to any such IFC authority or sub-committee the reference in subsection (3)(b) above to each member of the authority shall have effect as a reference to each member of the IFC authority or, as the case may be, of the IFC authority which appointed the sub-committee.”

(3) In subsection (5), after “a relevant authority” insert “ and of any IFC authority falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (3A) above ”.

(4) In subsection (8), after the definition of “chief finance officer” insert—

““inshore fisheries and conservation authority” means the authority for an inshore fisheries and conservation district established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 14 para. 13 in force at 1.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)