The power of appointing the Principal of each of the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow and Aberdeen shall be transferred from Her Majesty to the respective University Courts of those Universities.

In Part III of Schedule 2 to the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 (powers of University Court exercisable in accordance with procedure prescribed by those Courts) there shall be inserted, after paragraph 3, the following paragraph—

Nothing in this section affects any appointment made before this section has come into force.