9.—(1) Before 1st December in any financial year, the Agency may, on its own initiative or at the request of a Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, vary the composition of the Committee.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a variation takes effect when the Agency publishes a document specifying the matters mentioned in regulation 8(1).
(3) The variation does not take effect unless—
(a)the Agency has—
(i)consulted with interested persons for a period of not less than 6 weeks in relation to the variation to the composition of the Committee, and
(ii)taken account of any representations; and
(b)the varied composition has been approved by the Minister.
(4) The Minister may require a change to the proposed varied composition of a Committee before approving the varied composition.
(5) The Agency may not issue a levy to constituent authorities in a region for a financial year if the composition of the Committee for that region is varied on or after 1st December in the financial year preceding that for which the levy is issued.