Part 3Complaints

79Commission membership

(1)

Schedule 1 (the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission) of the 2007 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 2 (membership of the Commission)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “8” substitute “at least 8 but no more than 20”,

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3), for “5” substitute “at least 4”,

(c)

in sub-paragraph (4), after “be” insert “at least”,

(d)

sub-paragraphs (5), (7) and (9) are repealed,

(e)

in sub-paragraph (8), after “of lawyer members” insert “, but the number of non-lawyer members must not exceed the number of lawyer members by more than three”.

(3)

In paragraph 3 (terms of appointment etc.)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1), for “5” substitute “not less than 5 years and not exceeding 8”,

(b)

sub-paragraph (5) is repealed.