5.—(1) During the shadow period Buckinghamshire Council is a shadow authority for the purposes of the following provisions of this Part.
(2) Subject to paragraph (6), the members of the shadow authority are the persons who, on the coming into force of this Order, are—
(a)councillors of the county council; and
(b)councillors of the district councils.
(3) Those persons are to be members of the shadow authority throughout the shadow period notwithstanding the dissolution of the county council and the district councils on 1st April 2020.
(4) The proper officer of the county council must convene, and make all necessary arrangements for, the first meeting of the shadow authority, which is to be held not later than 14 days after the coming into force of this Order.
(5) The proper officer of Wycombe District Council shall act as the deputy to the proper officer of the county council in relation to the discharge of the duty under paragraph (4), discharging such functions as the proper officer of the county council may delegate.
(6) Where, after the coming into force of this Order and before 1stOctober 2019 or in the circumstances mentioned in article 4(4), a casual vacancy arises in any electoral division of the county council or any ward of the district councils, the person elected at a by-election held to fill the vacancy is to be a member of the shadow authority.
(7) All questions coming or arising before the shadow authority shall be decided by a majority of the members of the authority present and voting at a meeting of the authority.