Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 571
Countryside, England
The National Park Authorities (England) (Amendment) Order 2014
Made
8th March 2014
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2014
Coming into force
5th May 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(1) and (5) of, and paragraphs 1(2) and (3), and 2(1) and (2) of Schedule 7 to, the Environment Act 1995( 1 ), makes the following Order.
In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule, the Secretary of State has consulted the council for every principal area the whole or any part of which is comprised in Dartmoor National Park, Exmoor National Park, Lake District National Park, Northumberland National Park or North York Moors National Park.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the National Park Authorities (England) (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on 5th May 2014.
Amendment of the National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996
2. β(1)The National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For Part 1 of Schedule 1 (membership of National Park authorities), substitute the text set out in the Schedule to this Order.
(3) In Part 2 of that Scheduleβ
(a) in the entry relating to Dartmoor National Park Authority, for the number of members for Devon County Council, substitute β5β, and for the number of members for West Devon Borough Council, substitute β2β;
(b) in the entry relating to Lake District National Park Authority, for the number of members for Cumbria County Council, substitute β5β, and for the number of members for South Lakeland District Council, substitute β2β; and
(c) in the entry relating to North York Moors National Park Authority, for the number of members for North Yorkshire County Council, substitute β4β.
de Mauley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8th March 2014
Article 2(2)
SCHEDULE
β PART 1 MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES
(1) Name of National Park for which a National Park authority is established | (2) Total membership of authority | (3) Number of local authority members | (4) Total number of members appointed by the Secretary of State | (5) Number of members appointed by the Secretary of State as parish members |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dartmoor | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
Exmoor | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
Lake District | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
Northumberland | 18 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
North York Moors | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
Peak District | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6 |
Yorkshire Dales | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 β |
1995 c.25 . Paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16) , section 61(1) and (2).
S.I. 1996/1243 , amended by S.I. 2006/3165 , 2009/557 , 2009/837 .