PART 1Scottish Civil Justice Council

Membership

9Disqualification and removal from office

(1)

A person is disqualified from appointment under section 7(1) as a member of the Council, and from holding office as such a member, if the person is or becomes—

(a)

a member of the Scottish Parliament,

(b)

a member of the House of Commons,

(c)

a member of the European Parliament,

(d)

a councillor of any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,

(e)

a member of the Scottish Government, or

(f)

a Minister of the Crown.

(2)

The Lord President may, by notice in writing, remove any member appointed under section 7(1) if satisfied that the member—

(a)

is unfit to be a member by reason of inability, neglect of duty or misbehaviour, or

(b)

is otherwise unsuitable to continue as a member.

(3)

The Lord President must consult the Scottish Ministers before removing—

(a)

a consumer representative member, or

(b)

a LP member.