PART 2The Scottish Land Commission
CHAPTER 1The Commission
Membership
I111Eligibility for appointment
1
In appointing members to the Commission, the Scottish Ministers must—
a
have regard among other things to the desirability of the Commission (taken as a whole) having expertise or experience in—
i
land reform,
ii
law,
iii
finance,
iv
economic issues,
v
planning and development,
vi
land management,
vii
community empowerment,
viii
environmental issues,
ix
human rights,
x
equal opportunities,
xi
the reduction of inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage, and
b
encourage equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.
2
In appointing the Land Commissioners, the Scottish Ministers must take every reasonable step to ensure that at least one of the Commissioners is a speaker of the Gaelic language.
3
In appointing the Tenant Farming Commissioner, the Scottish Ministers must ensure that the person appointed has expertise or experience in agriculture.
4
When the Scottish Ministers refer an appointment to the Scottish Parliament for approval under section 10(2), they must lay before the Scottish Parliament a statement as to how they have complied with the duties in subsections (1) to (3).
5
In subsection (1) “equal opportunities” and “equal opportunity requirements” have the same meanings as in Section L2 of Part 2 of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998.