4.—(1) Subject to this Schedule, a vacating appointed Member shall be eligible for reappointment as a Member unless he has been disqualified from office under paragraph 9.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a vacating appointed Member shall not be eligible for reappointment as a Member where he has held office for three consecutive terms.
(3) A Chairman of the Authority may hold office for not more than three consecutive terms as chairman notwithstanding that he may have previously held office as a Member for up to three consecutive terms immediately preceding his appointment as chairman.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, “term” does not include—
(a)a term referred to in article 7(a) or (b) of this Order;
(b)the remainder of a term during which the Member was appointed to fill a casual vacancy under article 12 of this Order; or
(c)any term served by the Member prior to the new constitution date.
(5) In this paragraph “appointed Member” means a Member appointed under article 5(1) of this Order.