Terms of appointment
3.—(1) The convener and members shall each be appointed for a period not exceeding three years.
(2) The period of appointment of the convener and of each member shall be determined by the Scottish Ministers, and may be different in each case.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), the convener or a member shall, on the termination of any period of appointment, be eligible for appointment or re-appointment (as the case may be) as convener or member in either case for such further period not exceeding three years as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(4) A member may during any period of appointment be appointed as convener for such period not exceeding three years as the Scottish Ministers may determine, and in such case the terms on which the member was appointed as a member shall cease to apply on the day on which the appointment as convener takes effect.
(5) Except in a case to which paragraph (6) applies, the total duration of separate periods of appointment of any person whether as convener or member shall not exceed six years.
(6) Where a member is appointed as convener, any period of appointment as a member shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (5).