Harbours Act, 1946

Special representation of local authorities in certain cases.

8.—(1) Where—

(a) a local authority (in this subsection referred to as the assisting authority) have afforded or agreed to afford financial assistance to a harbour authority, and

(b) the assisting authority are not a local authority which in accordance with this Act would ordinarily appoint local authority members of the harbour authority, and

(c) the Minister is of opinion that the assisting authority should have representation in the membership of the harbour authority,

the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, may by order declare either—

(i) that the assisting authority shall appoint one or more of the local authority members of the harbour authority and that the number of such members to be appointed by any local authority which under this Act would ordinarily appoint such members shall be reduced correspondingly, or

(ii) that the assisting authority shall appoint one or more additional local authority members of the harbour authority.

(2) Where the local authority members of a harbour authority are for the time being appointed by two or more local authorities, the Minister may by order vary the number of such members to be appointed by each of such authorities.

(3) An order made under this section shall have effect in accordance with its terms on and after the first occurrence after the making of the order of a day which is the 7th day of July in an election year.

(4) The Minister may by order amend or revoke any order previously made by him under this section (including an order made under this subsection).