1(1)Every member of the Authority shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding four years, as the person appointing him may specify.
(2)Without prejudice to paragraph 2 below, every member of the Authority shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(3)Any member of the Authority whose term of office has expired shall, subject to the provisions of this Schedule, be eligible for re-appointment.
(4)Subject to paragraph 2(5) below and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to this Act, the appointment of any person as a member of the Authority under section 1(3)(a) or (b) of this Act shall take effect—
(a)on the receipt by the Authority of notification of the appointment; or
(b)if later, on the date on which a vacancy among those members of the Authority who were appointed by the person making the appointment in question first occurs after that appointment is made.
(5)The appointment of any person as a member of the Authority under section 1(3)(c) of this Act shall take effect—
(a)on the date on which the appointment is made; or
(b)if later, on the date on which a vacancy among the members of the Authority appointed under section 1(3)(c) first occurs after the appointment is made.
(6)Anyone appointed as a member of the Authority by any person may not, at any time after his appointment has taken effect and before it has ended, be appointed as such a member by any other person.