In Schedule 4 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984, after paragraph 1 insert—
“1A(1)A person is disqualified from appointment to, and from remaining a member of, the private rented housing panel if the person is or becomes—
(a)a member of the House of Commons,
(b)a member of the Scottish Parliament,
(c)a member of the European Parliament,
(d)a Minister of the Crown,
(e)a member of the Scottish Government.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by order modify sub-paragraph (1) by—
(a)adding a disqualification to,
(b)varying the description of a disqualification for the time being mentioned in,
(c)removing a disqualification from,
that sub-paragraph.
(3)An order under sub-paragraph (2) is subject to the affirmative procedure.”.