35.—(1) The GM transitional governing body shall secure that appointments or elections of governors required by the instrument of government take place before the reconstitution date with effect from midnight on that day.
(2) In the case of any appointment referred to in paragraph (1) other than the appointment of additional co-opted governors, the clerk to the GM transitional governing body shall give written notice to the person who is to make the appointment unless that person has notified him of an appointment to fill the vacancy(1).
(3) Where any person makes an appointment referred to in paragraph (1) they shall give written notice of the appointment to the clerk to the GM transitional governing body, specifying the name and usual place of residence of the person appointed.
In the case of additional co-opted governors, the governors making the appointment are required to seek nominations by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 to the 1998 Act.