1(1)Each of the appointing bodies shall appoint the first person to be appointed by it as a Commissioner not more than 28 days after the appointed day or, if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable after that day; and the appointment shall take effect on the day on which the first elected Commissioners are elected under Part 2 of this Schedule or as soon as possible after that day.
(2)The first Commissioners appointed under section 7(2)(a) to (g) (Establishment of Greenham and Crookham Common Commission) of this Act shall hold office until 31 May falling on or immediately after the anniversary of the date when their appointment takes effect.
2An appointed Commissioner (other than a Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1 above) shall, unless appointed to fill a casual vacancy and subject to paragraph 3 below, hold office for the period ending on 31 May next following the anniversary of the date when the appointment takes effect.
3An appointed Commissioner may resign that office at any time by notice in writing given to the secretary of the Commission or, if that Commissioner is the secretary, the chairman.
4A vacating Commissioner (whether an appointed Commissioner or an elected Commissioner) shall be eligible for reappointment or appointment as a Commissioner.
5(1)Subject to subparagraph (3) below, any casual vacancy occurring in the office of an appointed Commissioner shall be filled as soon as reasonably practicable by the appointment by the appointing body by whom that Commissioner was appointed of a person to fill the vacancy.
(2)A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall (unless the person previously dies or resigns) hold office during the remainder of the term for which the vacating Commissioner was appointed.
(3)An appointing body need not fill any vacancy occurring less than three months before the ordinary date of retirement from the office in which the vacancy occurs.