5(1)This paragraph applies to any selection by a selection panel appointed under paragraph 4.U.K.
(2)Selection must be solely on merit.
(3)A person must not be selected unless the selection panel body is satisfied that he or she is of good character.
(4)Neither ““solely”” in sub-paragraph (2), nor Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 (public appointments etc), prevents the selection panel, where two persons are of equal merit, from preferring one of them over the other for the purpose of increasing diversity within—
(a)the group of persons who hold offices for which there is selection by panels appointed by the Commission, or
(b)a sub-group of that group.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 5 in force at 10.7.2017 or the first day on which regulations made under 2017 c. 4, Sch. 5 para. 7(1) come into force, whichever is the later by S.I. 2017/351, reg. 2