Appointment and terms of office of first members
5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the first appointments under article 4(1)(a) above shall be made on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, 31st October 2002.
(2) The Board shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointments under paragraph (1) above, the chair of the Board to be one of the first of such appointed members and he shall hold office as a member from the new constitution date until 31st December 2005; and on and after the new constitution date shall be the chair of the Board.
(3) The Board shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointments under paragraph (1) above, the vice-chair of the Board to be one of the first of such appointed members and he shall hold office as a member from the new constitution date until 31st December 2004; and on and after the new constitution date shall be the vice-chair of the Board.
(4) Of the remaining first members appointed by the Board—
(a)three shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2003;
(b)two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2004;
(c)two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2005;
as the Board shall specify when they make each of those appointments.