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4.—(1) For the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for the board entering fully upon its duties on the appointed day, the first appointment of the members of the board shall be made by each constituent authority as soon as is practicable after 31st October 1995.
(2) Subject to paragraph 5 below, each of the members first appointed shall hold office from and after the date of appointment by whichever of the constituent authorities appointed him until the first meeting of that constituent authority after the second ordinary election of councillors in 1999.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) above, the members of the board shall be appointed by each constituent authority at the first meeting of that authority after the second ordinary election of councillors in 1999 and at the first meeting of that authority after each succeeding 3 yearly ordinary election of councillors.
(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) above and paragraph 5 below, members of the board shall hold office for the period from the date of their appointment until the first meeting of the constituent authority appointing them after each ordinary election of councillors.
(5) The proceedings of the board shall not be invalidated by any vacancy or vacancies among its members or by any defects in the method of appointment of any of its members.
(6) Any member of the board may be represented at any meeting of the board by a substitute member appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (7) below.
(7) A constituent authority may, subject to sub-paragraph (9) below, appoint one of its members to be a substitute member for any member of the board who is also a member of that authority.
(8) A substitute member shall have the same powers at a meeting of the board as the member whom he is representing would have had at that meeting.
(9) A person may not be appointed as a substitute member of the board if he is a member of the board.
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