PART 2The Scottish Land Commission
CHAPTER 1The Commission
Membership
12Disqualification from membership
(1)
A person may not be appointed as a member of the Commission if that person is or has been at any time during the previous 12 months—
(a)
a member of the House of Commons,
(b)
a member of the Scottish Parliament,
(c)
a member of the European Parliament,
(d)
an officer-holder of the Scottish Administration,
(e)
a councillor of any local authority.
(2)
A person may not be appointed as the Tenant Farming Commissioner if that person is the owner or tenant of land subject to a relevant tenancy.
(3)
In this Part “relevant tenancy” means—
(a)
a tenancy to which the 1991 Act applies, or
(b)
a tenancy under sections 4, 5, 5A or 5C of the 2003 Act (new types of tenancy).
(4)
A person's appointment as a member ceases if, during the person's period of appointment, any of subsection (1)(a) to (e) applies to that person.
(5)
A person's appointment as the Tenant Farming Commissioner ceases if, during the person's period of appointment, subsection (2) applies to that person.