The Lancaster Port Commission Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2003

Appointment and terms of office of first Commissioners

5.—(1) The first appointments under article 4(1)(a) above shall be made on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, 1st December 2003.

(2) The Commissioners shall appoint the person who is, at the date when they make the first appointment under paragraph (1) above, the chairman of the Commissioners to be one of the first of such appointed Commissioners and he shall hold office as a Commissioner from the new constitution date until 31st December 2004 and on and after the new constitution date shall be the chairman of the Commissioners.

(3) Of the remaining first such appointed Commissioners—

(a) two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2004;

(b) one or two shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2005; and

(c) the remainder shall hold office from the new constitution date until 31st December 2006;

as the Commissioners shall specify when they make each of those appointments.