Filling vacancies
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13(1)This paragraph applies where a person ceases to be a member (whether by resignation or otherwise) prior to the expiry of that member’s period of appointment.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(3)A person so appointed—
(a)must hold the same office or, as the case may be, possess the same qualification as the member that person succeeds; and
(b)holds and vacates office as a member on terms and conditions determined by the Scottish Ministers.