8.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where by virtue of an Order made under section 4(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997(1) all or some members of a selection panel must be appointed for a term expiring on 31st December 2002.
(2) Where this paragraph applies—
(a)the term of office of all other members of the selection panel (if there are other members) shall expire on 31st December 2002; and
(b)members of the selection panel shall be appointed for periods after 31st December 2002 in accordance with regulation 5 (as substituted by these Regulations) but as if every reference in regulation 5(5), (7) and (11) to a year were replaced by a reference to the following year.
A new section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 was substituted by section 75 of the Access to Justice Act 1999(c. 22).