The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Amalgamation Order 1995

Selection of transferee committees

5.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the first appointed day, and in any event not later than the second appointed day, each selection panel shall select the first members of the respective transferee committee, who shall take office on the second appointed day.

(2) The transferor committees shall, by the day before the first appointed day, inform each clerk designate of the number of persons, subject to regulation 11 of the Constitution Regulations, they wish to be selected as the first members of each transferee committee.

(3) Subject to paragraph 4 above and to the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph, the Constitution Regulations shall apply to the transferee committees except that—

(a) regulations 2(2), 2(3), 6(3)(a) and 14(4) and Schedule 3 shall not apply;

(b) paragraphs (2), (3) and (7) of regulation 6 shall not apply in relation to the selection of the first members of the transferee committees;

(c) regulation 7 shall apply to the selection of the first members of the transferee committees as if for the reference to 31st December there were substituted a reference to the day before the first appointed day;

(d) any period served on a transferee committee or as chairman of such committee prior to the amalgamation date shall not count towards the maximum period of service permitted by regulation 10;

(e) regulation 14(3) and Schedule 2 shall apply as if—

(i) for every reference to “1st April 1995” there were substituted a reference to the second appointed day; and

(ii) the words “for the inner London area” in regulation 14(3) were omitted;

(iii) every reference to a term of a specified number of years were read as a reference to a period beginning on the second appointed day and ending upon the expiry of the specified number of years after the amalgamation date;

(f) regulations 15 and 16 shall not apply before the amalgamation date;

(g) references in any regulation to any other regulation shall be read as references to that other regulation as modified by paragraphs (a) to (f) above.