(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the constitution of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority by increasing the total membership of the Authority from six or seven to seven or eight, of whom the number to be appointed otherwise than on the nomination of the Highland Council will be increased from three to four. The power of the Highland Council to nominate three persons for appointment and the power of all the appointed members to co-opt a member are not affected.
In addition to making minor and consequential amendments, the Order amends the general powers of the Authority in section 7(2) of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority Order 1973. The Order also empowers the Authority to appoint a chief executive, to form wholly-owned subsidiaries for carrying on activities which the Authority have power to carry on, and to form companies for developing or carrying on any business on land within (or formerly within) the port but no longer required for the purposes of the Authority’s undertaking.