SCHEDULE 1 Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels: further provision

Part 2 Customer Panels

6Membership

1

The Convener is to be a member of each Customer Panel.

2

The other members of a Customer Panel are to be appointed by the Convener in accordance with procedures, and on terms and conditions, approved by the Scottish Ministers.

3

The Convener must, in accordance with those procedures, appoint one of the other members to be deputy convener of the Panel.

4

Before appointing the other members under sub-paragraph (2), the Convener must consult the F1Commission and such bodies representing consumer interests as the Scottish Ministers may direct.