8.—(1) Subject to regulations 9 and 12, a member of the committee shall be appointed to serve for 3 years from 1st April after his appointment and shall, subject to paragraph (2), be eligible for reappointment.
(2) Subject to section 28(3)(1), a justice may not serve as a member of the committee for more than a total of 9 years.
(3) No justice shall be eligible for reappointment to the committee if his name will be entered in the supplemental list before the expiry of the period for which he is appointed.
(4) Any period served on the committee of magistrates of the inner London area before 1st April 1995, and on any committee (other than that for the inner London area) before 1st April 1996, shall not count towards the maximum period of service permitted by this regulation.
A new version of section 28 is substituted by section 82 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), subject to saving provisions for Greater London in paragraphs 30 and 31 of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999. Section 82 comes into force on 27th September 1999.