Schedule 20, Part 6, paragraph 19

On and after the relevant day, the individual who was the Commissioner immediately before that day— continues to be the Commissioner, is to be treated as having been appointed under Schedule 12 to this Act, and holds office for the period— beginning with the relevant day, and lasting for 7 years less a period equal to the individual's pre-commencement term. On and after the relevant day, a resolution passed by the House of Commons for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the 1998 Act (salary and pension of Commissioner), and not superseded before that day, is to be treated as having been passed for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to this Act. In this paragraph— “pre-commencement term”, in relation to an individual, means the period during which the individual was the Commissioner before the relevant day; “the relevant day” means the day on which Schedule 12 to this Act comes into force.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04