Article 5 Appointment and terms of office of first members

(1)

The first appointments under article 4(1)(a) and (b) above shall be made before 1st September 2003.

(2)

The Authority shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointments under paragraph (1)(a) above, the chairman of the Authority to be one of the first of such appointed members and he shall hold office as a member from the new constitution date until 30th September 2006; and on and after the new constitution date shall be the chair of the Authority.

(3)

Of the remaining first such appointed members–

(a)

three 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 2005;

(c)

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

as the Authority and Angus Council shall specify when they make the appointments for which they are respectively responsible.