SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Environment protection advisory committees

Duty of Agency to prepare and submit schemes for each region

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1

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.

2

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.