Article 6 Appointment and terms of office of members

(1)

The first appointment of commissioners under article 5 above shall be made so as to take effect as follows—

(a)

three commissioners one year after the new constitution date;

(b)

three commissioners two years after the new constitution date; and

(c)

three commissioners, including the commissioner to be appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence, three years after the new constitution date.

(2)

Successive appointments under article 5(1)(a) and (b) above shall be made so as to have effect on each third anniversary of the date specified in paragraph (1) above in relation to those commissioners.

(3)

With the exception of any such commissioner who dies, resigns or becomes disqualified from office or who is appointed to fill a casual vacancy, each commissioner appointed under article 5 above shall hold office for a term of 3 years.

(4)

A commissioner may apply for re-appointment and be re-appointed to hold office again but shall not be appointed for more than three consecutive terms except for any commissioner appointed as the chairman who may be appointed to hold office for not more than four consecutive terms.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraph (4) above, “term” does not include—

(a)

a term referred to in article 7(3)(a) or (b) below;

(b)

the remainder of any term during which a commissioner was appointed to fill a casual vacancy under article 8 below; and

(c)

any term served by a commissioner prior to the new constitution date.