4 Membership of police authorities etc.E+W
(1)Subject to subsection (2), each police authority established under section 3 shall consist of seventeen members.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order provide in relation to a police authority specified in the order that the number of its members shall be a specified odd number greater than seventeen.
(3)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.
(4)Schedules 2 and 3 shall have effect in relation to police authorities established under section 3 and the appointment of their members.