Article 4 Appointment and periods of office of first Commissioners

(1)

The first appointments under article 3(1)(a) of this Order shall be made before and so as to take effect on the new constitution date.

(2)

The Commissioners shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointments referred to in paragraph (1) above, the chairman of the Commissioners to be one of the first of such appointed Commissioners and he shall hold office as a Commissioner from the new constitution date until 30th September 2004; and on and after the new constitution date shall be the chairman of the Commissioners.

(3)

Of the remaining first such appointed Commissioners—

(a)

two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 30th September 2004;

(b)

three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 30th September 2006;

as the Commissioners shall specify when they make each of those appointments.