(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Highland River Purification Board (Establishment) Order 1975 by reducing the total membership of the Board and altering the proportions of members appointed respectively by the Secretary of State and the regional and district councils lying wholly or partly within the Board’s area. The total number of members is reduced from 27 to 16, with 8 appointed by the Secretary of State (1 fewer than at present), 4 by the regional councils and 4 by the district councils (both 5 fewer than at present). Provision is made terminating all current appointments in preparation for this structural change and consequential amendment is made to the 1975 Order regarding the appointment of new local authority members.
The Order also revokes article 3(4)(d) of the 1975 Order providing for substitute local authority members.