PART IVPolice, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Transport

Members of joint authorities

30First appointments

(1)It shall be the duty of each constituent council, joint magistrates' committee and magistrates' courts committee which is required to appoint members of a joint authority to appoint the first members before the appointed day and those appointments shall take effect on that day.

(2)Notice of the appointments made to a joint authority under this section shall be given before the appointed day—

(a)in the case of the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, to the Greater London Council;

(b)in the case of a joint authority established for a metropolitan county, to the council of that county; and

(c)in the case of the authority established by section 25 above, to the Tyne and Wear County Council.