5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the first appointments under article 4(1)(a) above shall be made on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, 31st March 2002.
(2) Of the first members appointed by the Authority—
(a)three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st March 2003;
(b)two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st March 2004;
(c)three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st March 2005;
as the Authority shall specify when they make each of those appointments.
(3) Any person appointed before the new constitution date by the Scottish Ministers—
(a)on the nomination of Aberdeenshire Council to hold office as a member until 30th June 2002 shall, if he is a member immediately before the new constitution date, be deemed to have been appointed by the Authority as a member under paragraph 2(a) above;
(b)on the nomination of the Trustees of the Harbour of Peterhead to hold office as a member until 31st March 2003 shall, if he is a member immediately before the new constitution date, be deemed to have been appointed by the Authority as a member under paragraph 2(a) above;
(c)to hold office as a member for three years from 1st September 2001 shall, if he is a member immediately before the new constitution date, be deemed to have been appointed by the Authority as a member under paragraph 2(b) above.