The Local Government Changes for England (Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals) Regulations 1997

Transitional provision

4.—(1) Each member of a tribunal mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 2 (a ‘relevant tribunal’) holding office as such at the end of 31st March 1997 shall continue to hold such office until it terminates in accordance with regulation 6(2) of the principal regulations.

(2) Paragraph (3) applies to any vacancy in the membership of a relevant tribunal—

(a) created by an increase effective on 1st April 1997 in the number of its members, or

(b) existing on that date by reason of the failure of an appointing body to make an appointment before that date, or

(c) occurring on or after that date.

(3) Notwithstanding regulation 4(5) of the principal regulations (as substituted by these regulations), a vacancy to which this paragraph applies shall be filled by the body or bodies specified in relation to the relevant tribunal in column 2 of Schedule 2, in the order (if any) in which they are mentioned in that column, until the number of vacancies specified in column 3 in relation to each body has been filled in pursuance of this regulation.