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8(1)Where the Authority is to consist of more than [F1eleven] members by virtue of an order under section 1(3), then in addition to the [F2eight] core members—U.K.
(a)a prescribed number of members shall be appointed by the Secretary of State under this paragraph [F3after consultation with the Scottish Ministers]
(b)a prescribed number shall be appointed by the relevant police officers, from among their number;
(c)a prescribed number of members shall be appointed by the chief constables of police forces in Scotland, from among their number;
(d)[F4a prescribed number shall be persons] holding at least the rank of deputy chief constable in the [F5Police Service of Northern Ireland], appointed by the Chief Constable of [F6that Police Service];
(e)a prescribed number F7. . . shall be appointed by the F8. . . members of police authorities for areas in England and Wales, from among their number;
(f)a prescribed number shall be appointed by the members of police authorities for areas in Scotland, from among their number;
(g)a prescribed number shall be appointed by the members of the [F9Northern Ireland Policing Board], from among their number;
[F10(h)a prescribed number shall be Crown servants appointed by the Secretary of State under this paragraph;
(ha)a prescribed number shall be Crown servants appointed by the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph; and]
(i)[F11a prescribed number shall be customs officers] appointed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
(2)F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Paragraph 2(2) applies in relation to appointments under sub-paragraph (1)(a), as it applies to appointments under paragraph 2.
F13(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)The power to make an order under section 1(3) includes power to prescribe anything which is require to be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph [F14; but nothing in this paragraph shall require such an order to prescribe a number in respect of each of the paragraphs of sub-paragraph (1)].
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F1Word in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(a); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F2Word in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(b); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(a) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, arts. 1, 3, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 2(28)(a); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
F4Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(c); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(d) substituted (4.11.2001) by 2000 c. 32, s. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(2)(b); S.R. 2001/396, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(d) substituted (4.11.2001) by 2000 c. 32, s. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(7); S.R. 2001/396, art. 2, Sch.
F7Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(e) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 108(3), 137, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(d), Sch. 7 Pt. 5(1); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e)(j)(m) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F8Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(e) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 108(3), 137, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(d), Sch. 7 Pt. 5(1); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e)(j)(m) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F9Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(g)(2)(a)(iv) substituted (4.11.2001) by 2000 c. 32, s. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(3); S.R. 2001/396, art. 2, Sch.
F10Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(h)(ha) substituted (1.4.2002) for Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(h) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(e); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F11Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(1)(i) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(2)(f); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F12Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(2) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 108(3), 137, Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(3), Sch. 7 Pt. 5(1); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e)(j)(m) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F13Sch. 1 para. 8(4) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, 423, Sch. 27 para. 113(4)(b), Sch. 34 Pt. VII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
F14Words in Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(5) inserted (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 108(3), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 9(4); S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(e) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
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