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).