5—(1) The term of office of members of the Regional Agency appointed under paragraph 3(1)(a), (b), (e) or (f) shall be 4 years or such other period as may be determined by the Department at the time the appointments are made.N.I.
(2) A member of the Regional Agency specified in paragraph 3(1)(c), (d) or (e)—
(a)who ceases to hold the qualifying office, shall cease to be a member of the Regional Agency;
(b)who is suspended from the qualifying office, shall be suspended from membership of the Regional Agency while suspended from that office.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) “the qualifying office” in relation to a member of the Regional Agency means the office under the Regional Agency which the member held at the time of becoming a member of the Regional Agency.
(4) A member of the Regional Agency specified in paragraph 3(1)(f) who ceases to be a member of a district council shall cease to be a member of the Regional Agency.