Article 5 Appointment and terms of office of Commissioners
Subject to articles 6 and 7 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 below, each commissioner appointed in accordance with the 1976 Order shall (unless that commissioner previously dies or resigns) continue in office until the expiry of the term for which that commissioner has been appointed.
The Commissioners shall appoint in accordance with article 4(2)—
three commissioners on or as soon as practicable after 1st January 2005 and before every third anniversary of 1st November 2004;
two commissioners before 1st November 2005 and every third anniversary of that date; and
two commissioners before 1st November 2006 and every third anniversary of that date.
Each commissioner appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) above shall take office on 1st January following that person’s appointment or, in the case of the first appointments made under paragraph (2)(a) above, on the day of their appointment.
Subject to articles 6 and 7 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 below, each commissioner shall hold office (unless the commissioner previously dies or resigns) until 1st January in the third year after their appointment.