LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Committees for Sea Fisheries Districts) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “the first principal Order ” means the order made by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries on 27th June 1912 (which created the South Wales Sea Fisheries District and constituted a local fisheries committee for the regulation of the sea fisheries within that District); “the second principal Order ” means the North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries District Order 1986 . Amendments to the first principal Order 2 The first principal Order is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 5 below. 3 For article 7 (constitution of committee) there shall be substituted the following— 7 The Committee shall be a joint committee of the county and county borough councils referred to in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and shall consist of twenty two members. The number of members appointed by each constituent council shall be the number which is set out in column 2 of the Schedule opposite the reference to such council. Nine additional members shall be appointed by the Secretary of State and one additional member by the Environment Agency. . 4 For article 17 (expenses) there shall be substituted the following: Expenses 17 The expenses of the Committee, other than those which may be required to be incurred under section 17(2) of the Act, shall be chargeable jointly to the constituent councils referred to in column 1 of the Schedule in equal proportions and shall be expenses for general county or county borough purposes. . 5 For the Schedule there shall be substituted the following: — SCHEDULE CONSTITUTION Articles 7 and 17 Column 1 Column 2 Constituent Councils Number of Representatives Cardiff County Council 1 Carmarthenshire County Council 2 Pembrokeshire County Council 2 Swansea County Council 2 Bridgend County Borough Council 1 Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council 2 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff County Borough Council 1 The Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council 1 Amendments to the second principal Order 6 The second principal Order is amended in accordance with articles 7 to 9 below. 7 In article 3(2) (local fisheries committee), for the words “thirty-six” there shall be substituted the words “thirty-eight”. 8 For article 4 (expenses) there shall be substituted the following:— Expenses 4 The expenses of the Committee, other than those which may be required to be incurred under section 17(2) of the Act, shall be chargeable to the constituent councils in the respective proportions set out in column 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the reference to each constituent council and shall be expenses for general county, county borough or district purposes. . 9 For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following: — SCHEDULE 1 CONSTITUTION AND EXPENSES Articles 3 and 4 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Constituent Councils Number of Representatives Percentages of expenses Cheshire County Council 2 8.10 Cumbria County Council 2 9.25 Lancashire County Council 3 20.60 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 2 8.75 Wirral Metropolitan 2 10.50 Aberconwy and Colwyn County Borough Council 1 5.38 Anglesey County Council 2 10.89 Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire County Council 2 15.00 Cardiganshire County Council 2 6.65 Denbighshire County Council 1 2.44 Flintshire County Council 1 2.44 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Rod Richards Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 8th March 1996