Transfer of powers to appoint or nominate
9Any power or right of the regional colleges or of any officer or employee of or of the holder of any position in relation to the regional colleges to appoint or nominate a member of any education authority or of the governing body of any educational, charitable or other institution or to appoint or nominate a trustee or to be a trustee of any trust, settlement, endowment or scheme or to exercise any power of appointment in relation to the purposes or funds of any trust, settlement, endowment or scheme, shall on the appointed day be transferred to, and may be exercised by, the College or by the officer or employee of the College who in the opinion of the directors of the College most nearly performs the functions formerly performed by the former officer, employee or holder of any position in question.