6BThe other provisions of Part I of this Schedule shall apply to an authority mentioned in paragraph 6A above as they apply to a principal council except that [F1(a)] the number of members mentioned in paragraph 3(2) shall be three [F2, and . . . F3]
F2(b)in the case of a police authority established under [F4section 3 of the Police Act 1996][F5and the Metropolitan Police Authority][F6 , or of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,] sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 5 shall not apply and if the chairman is absent from a meeting of such an authority [F7the following person shall preside—
(i)in a case in which only one vice-chairman is present at the meeting, that vice-chairman;
(ii)in a case in which more than one vice-chairman is present at the meeting, the vice-chairman chosen by the members present; and
(iii)in any other case, the member chosen by the members present;][F8, and
(c)in the case of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad, paragraph 4(2) shall apply as if the reference to three clear days were a reference to seven clear days.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 12 para. 6B inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 15(3)(a); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
F2Sch. 12 para. 6B(b) and preceding word substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) for words by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 15(3)(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
F3Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F4Words in Sch. 12 para. 6B(b) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(1), 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(h)
F5Words in Sch. 12 para. 6B inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 36(1)(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in Sch. 12 para. 6B(b) inserted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 88, Sch. 6 para. 10(3)(a); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(n)
F7Words in Sch. 12 para. 6B(b) and Sch. 12 para. 6B(b)(i)-(iii) substituted (19.6.2001) by 2001 c. 16, s. 104(9); S.I. 2001/2223, art. 2(1)(b)
F8Sch. 12 para. 6B(c) and preceding word “and” added (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 88, Sch. 6 para. 10(3)(b); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(n)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 para. 6B modified by S.I. 1985/1884, arts. 10, 11(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(c) and by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(o)