Appointments to bodies

16.—(1) Any power to appoint any person to any body belonging to an authority in respect of any property or liability transferred by regulation 12 or 62 shall be transferred to the authority to whom such property or liability is transferred.

(2) Any other power to appoint any person to any body belonging to a dissolved authority shall be transferred to the residuary successor of that authority.

(3) In this regulation any reference to a power to appoint includes references to powers to elect or to nominate any persons for appointment.