Appointment of membersS
14(1)The Scottish Ministers are to appoint the Commission's members.S
(2)The Scottish Ministers may not appoint a person who is disqualified from being a member (see paragraph 17).
(3)When appointing members the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the desirability of—
(a)securing that the Commission (taken as a whole) has experience in or knowledge of—
(i)the formulation, implementation and evaluation of social security policies in Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom,
(ii)research in connection with social security, and
(iii)the effect of disability, arising from a physical or mental impairment, on daily life,
(b)having a member with personal experience of having a disability arising from a physical or mental impairment, and
(c)having as members people who have not previously been members.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 21.1.2019 by S.S.I. 2018/393, reg. 2 (with reg. 3) (as amended (10.12.2019) by S.S.I. 2019/406, regs. 1, 3(2))