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3. The four members of the Greater Manchester Probation Committee appointed before 1st April 1994 by the justices for the petty sessions areas of Ashton–under–Lyne and South Tameside shall decide by agreement, or in default of agreement by lot, which two of them shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the new petty sesssions area of Tameside(1).
The petty sessions area of Tameside was constituted by the Petty Sessional Divisions (Tameside) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2353).