The incorporation of the Authority.

The appointment in accordance with Part I of this Schedule of members of the Authority.

The terms on which and period for which the members of the Authority are to hold office, and the vacation of office by those members.

The payment of allowances to, or to any class of, members of the Authority, and the payment of remuneration to the chairman of the Authority.

The proceedings of the Authority.

The establishment by the Authority of committees and the composition of those committees, including the establishment of advisory committees consisting wholly or partly of persons who are not members of the Authority.

The delegation of functions by the Authority to a committee or to the chairman of the Authority.

The authentication of documents of the Authority and provision for the treatment of such documents as sufficient evidence of such facts as may be specified by the order.

The appointment by the Authority of officers and staff and the payment of remuneration and allowances to any officers and staff appointed by the Authority.

Provision as to the superannuation of officers and staff of the Authority.

The provision of accommodation for the Authority by the Authority or by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

Provision applying, with or without modifications, to the Authority or to persons who are or have been members or officers of the Authority any enactment or instrument made under an enactment relating, as the case may be, to, or to persons who are or have been members of, or officers of local authorities or local authorities of a particular description.

The making of reports and the furnishing of information by the Authority to the Secretary of State.

Any particular matters to be dealt with in the annual report of the Authority under section 16 of the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968.

Provision for the council or councils by whom a member of the Authority is appointed to appoint also a deputy to act in that member’s place at any meeting of the Authority from which that member is absent, and for applying in relation to any such deputy, with or without modifications, any provision with respect to members of the Authority made by the said Act of 1968 or by the order.

Provision, as respects any period before the Authority appoint or are provided with their own officers, for the discharge of functions of officers of the Authority (including the convening of the first meeting of the Authority) by such officers of such of the councils of constituent areas as may be determined in accordance with the order.