Meetings held before the end of 31 December 2021
3. The 2001 Regulations are to be read as if after regulation 7 there were inserted—
“Temporary appointment provisions
7A.—(1) The following provisions relate to an appointment made during the period beginning with the day these Regulations come into force and ending at the end of 31 December 2021.
(2) In regulations 7(a) and (b) of the 2001 Regulations, “must” is to be read as “may”.
(3) If an appointing authority does not exercise either one or both powers in regulations 7(a) and (b), regulation 4(3) is to be read as if for the words “3 years from the date of the first meeting of the forum” there were substituted “9 months beginning with the first day of the person’s membership”.”