SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Environment protection advisory committees
Duty of Agency to prepare and submit schemes for each region
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It shall be the duty of the Agency, in accordance with such guidance as may be given for the purpose by the Secretary of State,—
a
to prepare, in respect of each region, a scheme with respect to the appointment of persons as members of the advisory committee for that region; and
b
to submit that scheme to the Secretary of State for his approval before such date as may be specified in the guidance.
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Every scheme shall—
a
specify descriptions of bodies which, or persons who, appear to the Agency likely to have a significant interest in matters likely to be affected by the manner in which it carries out its functions in the region to which the scheme relates;
b
indicate how the membership of the advisory committee is to reflect the different descriptions of bodies or persons so specified;
c
specify or describe bodies which, and persons whom, the Agency proposes to consult in connection with appointments of persons as members of the advisory committee; and
d
make provision with respect to such other matters as the Agency considers relevant to the membership of the advisory committee.