Article 5 Appointment and terms of office of first members

(1)

The first appointments under article 4(1)(a) above shall be made on or before, 11th November 2002.

(2)

Of the first members appointed by the Authority under article 4(1)(a)—

(a)

three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2002;

(b)

three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2003; and

(c)

the remainder shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2004;

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

(3)

The first members of the Authority appointed under article 4(1)(a) shall include—

(a)

the person who, immediately before the new constitution date, was the chairman of the Authority (“the former chairman”); and

(b)

at least one other person who, immediately before the new constitution date, was a member of the Authority;

and, accordingly, if the first members of the Authority referred to in article 4(1) above do not include the former chairman and one such person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) those members shall under article 7 below co-opt the former chairman and one such person to be members of the Board for a period of three years.