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SCHEDULE 1SScottish Commission for Human Rights

DisqualificationS

4(1)A person is disqualified from appointment, and from holding office, as a member of the Commission if that person is—S

(a)a member of the House of Commons,

(b)a member of the Scottish Parliament, or

(c)a member of the European Parliament.

(2)A person is also disqualified from such appointment if that person has, in the relevant period, held any of the offices set out in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c).

(3)The relevant period is—

(a)in relation to the appointment of a member to chair the Commission, the year preceding the date of nomination,

(b)in relation to the appointment of any other member of the Commission, the year preceding the proposed date of appointment.