1(1)The [F1Secretary of State] shall appoint not less than 10 or more than 15 individuals as members of the Commission (to be known as Commissioners).E+W+S
(2)The chief executive of the Commission (appointed under paragraph 7 below) shall be a Commissioner ex officio.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 substituted (18.8.2010) by Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1839), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(2)(o)
2(1)In appointing Commissioners the [F1Secretary of State] shall—E+W+S
(a)appoint an individual only if the [F1Secretary of State] thinks that the individual—
(i)has experience or knowledge relating to a relevant matter, or
(ii)is suitable for appointment for some other special reason, and
(b)have regard to the desirability of the Commissioners together having experience and knowledge relating to the relevant matters.
(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the relevant matters are those matters in respect of which the Commission has functions including, in particular—
(a)discrimination (whether on grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or otherwise), and
(b)human rights.
(3)The [F1Secretary of State] shall ensure that the Commission includes—
(a)a Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1(1) who is (or has been) a disabled person,
(b)a Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1(1), with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, who knows about conditions in Scotland, and
(c)a Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1(1), with the consent of the [F2Welsh Ministers]F2, who knows about conditions in Wales.
(4)A person may not be appointed for the purpose of satisfying more than one paragraph of sub-paragraph (3).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 substituted (18.8.2010) by Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1839), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(2)(o)
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(3)(c) substituted by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 120, the amending provision coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see Government of Wales Act 2006, ss. 46, 161(5)