7.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the second appointed day, and in any case before the amalgamation date, the transferee committee shall appoint a person to be the justices' chief executive of their area.
(2) From and after the second appointed day–
(a)any application under section 40(2)(a) of the 1997 Act made before the second appointed day by a transferor committee shall be treated as an application by the transferee committee;
(b)any approval under section 40(2)(b) of the 1997 Act granted before the second appointed day to a transferor committee shall be treated as an approval granted to the transferee committee.
(3) From the time of his appointment until the amalgamation date, the person appointed to be the justices' chief executive shall only have the following functions and powers:–
(a)to act as clerk to the transferee committee and the selection panel;
(b)to assist the transferee committee in all its functions and powers as set out in paragraph 6;
(c)to make all necessary preparations for the assumption of his functions as justices' chief executive for the area of the transferee committee on the amalgamation date.
(4) On the amalgamation date, the person appointed shall assume all the functions and powers of the justices' chief executive for the area of the transferee committee.