Sch 10 para 10
(1) In subsection (1)(a) of section 80 of the 1972 Act (disqualification for persons holding appointments made or confirmed by a local authority or connected authority), after “joint committee” there shall be inserted “ or National Park authority ” ; and after subsection (2) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsections— (2A) Subsection (2) above shall have effect as if the reference to a joint board included a reference to a National Park authority. (2B) For the purposes of this section a local authority shall be treated as represented on a National Park authority if it is entitled to make any appointment of a local authority member of the National Park authority. (2) In section 184 of the 1972 Act (functions under countryside legislation)— (a) at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to section 68 of the Environment Act 1995 (planning authority functions under National Parks legislation to be functions of National Park authorities in certain cases), ” ; and (b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for the words “subsections (6) to (8) below” there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (7) and (8) below ” . (3) In subsection (3) of that section, for the words “sections 9 and 11” there shall be substituted the words “ section 9 ” .