Appointment and terms of office of first members

6.—(1) The first appointments under article 4(1) above shall be made on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, 1st March 2004.

(2) The members shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointments under paragraph (1) above, the chairman of the Stornoway Pier and Harbour Commission to be one of the first of such appointed members and he shall hold office as a member from the new constitution date until 30th April 2007; and on and after the new constitution date shall be the chair of the Authority .

(3) Of the remaining first such appointed members–

(a) the one appointed by the Stornoway Trust shall hold office from the new constitution date until 30th April 2005;

(b) the two appointed by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar shall hold office from the new constitution date until 30th April 2006;

(c) the two appointed by the Authority shall hold office from the new constitution date until 30th April 2007.