Paragraph 12

(1)

A chair of the Commissioners is not eligible for reappointment as the chair where, immediately before the date in question, the chair has served as chair for three consecutive terms.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph “term” (“tymor”) does not include—

(a)

a term referred to in article 8(3);

(b)

the remainder of a term during which the Commissioner was appointed to fill a casual vacancy in the office of chair under paragraph 7; or

(c)

any term served by the Commissioner as a chair prior to the new constitution date.