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Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018

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  • “appointing person” means, in relation to the function of appointing a non-executive member of a public board, a person who has that function,

  • “excluded position”, in relation to a public authority, means a position mentioned in the second column of the table in schedule 1 which corresponds with the public authority mentioned in the first column,

  • “non-executive member”, in relation to a public authority, means a position on its public board—

    (a)

    that is not an excluded position,

    (b)

    that is not held by an employee of the authority,

  • “public authority” means an authority listed, or within a description listed, in the first column of the table in schedule 1,

  • “public board” means—

    (a)

    if the public authority is a company, the directors,

    (b)

    if the public authority has a statutory board or other equivalent statutory management body, that board or body,

    (c)

    in relation to any other public authority, the membership of the authority,

  • “woman” includes a person who has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment (within the meaning of section 7 of the Equality Act 2010) if, and only if, the person is living as a woman and is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of becoming female.

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