Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 557
Countryside, England
The National Park Authorities (Amendment) (England) Order 2009
Made
9th March 2009
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2009
Coming into force
1st April 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 63(1) and (5) of, and paragraphs 1(2) and 2(1) and (2) of Schedule 7 to, the Environment Act 1995( 1 ), and after consultation with the councils for every principal area the whole or any part of which is comprised in Northumberland National Park( 2 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the National Park Authorities (Amendment) (England) Order 2009 and comes into force on 1st April 2009.
Amendment of the National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996
2. —(1) Schedule 1 to the National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 1 (membership of National Park Authorities), in relation to the entry “Northumberland” in column (1)—
(a) in column (3), for “12” substitute “6”;
(b) in column (4), for “10” substitute “16”; and
(c) in column (5), for “4” substitute “6”.
(3) In Part 2 (appointment of local authority members), in relation to the entry “Northumberland National Park Authority” in the first column—
(a) in the second column, for “Northumberland County Council” substitute “Northumberland Council”; and
(b) in the second column, delete the entries “Alnwick District Council”, “Berwick upon Tweed Borough Council” and “Tynedale District Council”, and in the third column, delete the entries relating to those entries.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9th March 2009
See paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 7 to the Environment Act 1995.
S.I. 1996/1243 ; Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2006/3165 . There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.