Article 4 Chairman and deputy chairmen of the justices for the City of London: transitional provisions
The justices for the City of London shall decide in accordance with paragraph (2)–
whether the nomination procedure is to be adopted for the election to either or both of the offices of chairman and deputy chairman at the election meeting in October 2000; and
whether the number of deputy chairmen to be elected at the election meeting in October 2000 should be a different number from that decided at the election meeting in October 1999, and if so, what that number should be.
The justices for the City of London shall make the decisions required in paragraph (1) by a simple majority, between 1st May 2000 and 30th June 2000, either by postal ballot or by resolution ascertained by a show of hands at a meeting of which seven days' notice has been given to each of them.
Notwithstanding any decision taken at the election meeting in October 1999, the justices for the City of London shall, at the election meeting in October 2000, elect the number of deputy chairmen decided under paragraph (1)(b) by the procedure decided under paragraph (1)(a).
The person who is the Lord Mayor of London when these Rules come into force shall be the chairman of the justices for the City of London until he ceases to be Lord Mayor.
The person who is the next Lord Mayor of London, unless at the time he takes office his name is entered on the supplemental list, shall be chairman of the justices for the City of London immediately after the previous Lord Mayor ceases to be Lord Mayor until (and including) 31st December 2000.
The persons who were both aldermen and deputy chairmen of the justices for the City of London immediately before these Rules come into force shall be deputy chairmen until (and including) 31st December 1999 unless at any time before that date their name is entered in the supplemental list.
If, at any time after these Rules come into force until (and including) 31st December 1999, there is no Lord Mayor entitled to be chairman under paragraphs (4) or (5), the senior of the aldermen designated as deputy chairmen in paragraph (6) shall, instead of being a deputy chairman, be chairman of the justices.
If, at any time between 1st January 2000 and 31st December 2000 (inclusive), there is no Lord Mayor entitled to be chairman under paragraphs (4) or (5), the deputy chairman elected in accordance with paragraph (9) shall, instead of being a deputy chairman, be chairman of the justices.
At the election meeting held by the justices of the City of London in October 1999, the justices shall not elect a chairman but shall, by the traditional method, elect one deputy chairman who shall hold office from (and including) 1st January 2000 until (and including) 31st December 2000.
The candidates for the election of deputy chairman to be elected in accordance with paragraph (9) shall not include any person who is chairman by virtue of paragraphs (4) or (5).