Subject to paragraph (2) below, the justices for each new petty sessions area shall before 1st April 1974 make all such arrangements, including the making of appointments and the holding of elections, as are necessary for the purpose of enabling magistrates' courts for that area to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on that date and of establishing before that date the several committees and other bodies to which members fall to be appointed or elected by the justices for that area.

Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the appointment of a probation and after-care committee but the said justices shall before 1st April 1974, in the manner prescribed by rules made under Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice Act 1948, appoint the members of a case committee to hold office until such date as the justices may in the case of each such member determine.

The chairman and deputy chairman of the justices for any new petty sessions area elected under arrangements mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall hold office until 31st December 1974.