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1 The Assembly shall appoint as members of the Partnership Council— a such number of Assembly members, and b such number of members of local authorities in Wales, as the Assembly considers appropriate. 2 The number of members of the Partnership Council who have been appointed under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) shall at no time exceed the number who have been appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph (unless the excess is due to casual vacancies which are temporarily unfilled). 3 A member of an authority within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 113 may only be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also a member of an authority within paragraph (a) of that subsection. 4 A person may not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also an Assembly member.