Article 4 Application

Article 3 shall have effect only in relation to a person appointed to the office of General Commissioner on or after 1st January 1996 and accordingly—

(a)

section 26(1) of the 1993 Act shall apply only to a General Commissioner appointed on or after 1st January 1996;

(b)

the following provisions of the 1993 Act shall not apply to a General Commissioner, whenever appointed—

(i)

in section 26(3), the words from “subject to”to “but”;

(ii)

section 26(11); and

(iii)

Schedule 7;

(c)

section 2(7) of the 1970 Act shall continue to have effect only in relation to a General Commissioner appointed on or before 31st December 1995.