Selection Panels
32.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person referred to in regulation 30(a) shall be appointed to hold office as a member of the selection panel for —
(a)a term of five years, or
(b)where that person is a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and where the Metropolitan Police Authority considers it appropriate, for a term that expires on the same day as that on which that person’s term as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority expires under regulation 17.
(2) A person referred to in regulation 30(a) shall hold office for no more than ten years.
(3) A person referred to in regulation 30(b), (c) or (d) shall be appointed to hold office as a member of the selection panel for a term of five years and shall hold office for no more than two such terms.
(4) A person may at any time resign his office as a member of the selection panel by notice in writing to the person who under regulation 30 would be required to appoint his successor.
(5) A person shall not cease to be a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority by reason only that any of the persons appointing him cease to hold the position by virtue of which they appointed him.