Part 1Electoral Management Board for Scotland

Establishment of Board etc.

I12Membership

1

The Board is to have—

a

a convener, who must be a returning officer,

b

8 other members of whom—

i

5 are to be returning or depute returning officers,

ii

3 are to be electoral registration officers.

2

The Scottish Ministers are to appoint the convener.

3

The convener is to appoint the other members.

4

When appointing members, the convener is to have regard to the desirability of the membership taken as a whole having a broad range of experience in relation toF1

a

different local authority areas (including different kinds of areas) throughout Scotland, and

b

the different constituencies and regions provided for Scottish parliamentary elections by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 (including different kinds of constituencies and regions).