6(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where—
(a)as respects each of the relevant offices, the person who holds that office immediately before the relevant time did not hold it immediately before the direction was given, and
(b)as respects at least one of the relevant offices, the person who held that office immediately before the direction was given ceased to hold it by reason of his being excluded by the direction.
(2)The persons holding the relevant offices immediately before the relevant time shall cease at that time to hold those offices.
(3)As respects each of the relevant offices, the person (if any) who held that office immediately before the direction was given shall fill the vacancy in that office if—
(a)he remains eligible to hold that office, and
(b)the person who held the other of the relevant offices immediately before the direction was given remains eligible to hold it.
(4)If the vacancies in the relevant offices are filled under sub-paragraph (3), section 16(8) shall not apply by reason of the operation of sub-paragraph (2).