4.—(1) A local authority operating alternative arrangements must establish a Board.
(2) The Board must not include the chairperson or deputy chairperson of the local authority or the chairperson of any other committee or sub-committee of the authority.
(3) A local authority operating alternative arrangements must delegate its functions to a Board subject to the limitations in regulations 10 to 13.
(4) Nothing in these Regulations prevents a local authority from exercising those functions delegated to a Board in accordance with paragraph (3).
(5) Subject to any arrangements made under regulation 16 the Board may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions —
(i)by a member of the Board;
(ii)by a sub-committee of the Board;
(iii)by an officer of the authority.