Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Section 193.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses

1 (1) The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses shall continue to exist under that name as a body corporate constituted as follows. U.K.

(2) The following persons holding the following offices constitute the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, that is to say—

(a) the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General for Scotland;

(b) the lords provosts of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, and the conveners of the councils for Highland and Argyll and Bute;

(c) the sheriffs principal of all the sheriffdoms in Scotland;

(d) a person nominated by the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and appointed by the Secretary of State;

(e) any person elected under paragraph 2 below;

[F1 (f) a person appointed by the Secretary of State (in addition to the person nominated under paragraph (d));

(g) a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8 para. 1(2)(f)(g) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 55(2), 72(7)

2 (1) The Commissioners may elect, as members of their body, the convener of any council whose area includes any part of the coasts of Scotland. U.K.

(2) The Commissioners may elect, as members of their body, not more than [F2 three] other persons; but a person shall not be elected in pursuance of this sub-paragraph unless either he appears to the Commissioners to have special knowledge and experience of nautical matters or three persons who so appear are members of that body.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 8 para. 2(2) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 55(3), 72(7)

3 U.K. A person appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(2)(d) above, or a person appointed by the Commissioners under paragraph 2(2) above, shall hold office for three years, but shall be eligible for re-appointment.

4 (1) Any five of the Commissioners shall constitute a quorum. U.K.

(2) The Commissioners constituting a quorum shall have power to do all such matters and things as might be done by the whole body.

[F3 4A (1) The Commissioners shall send to the Scottish Ministers a copy of any accounts that they have been required to provide under section 218. U.K.

(2) The Scottish Ministers shall lay those accounts before the Scottish Parliament.

(3) The Commissioners shall send to the Scottish Ministers any report made under section 198(4)(b) (reports on inspections).

(4) The Scottish Ministers shall lay any such report before the Scottish Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 8 para. 4A inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 55(4), 72(7)

5 U.K. In this Schedule “council” means a council constituted under section 2 of the M1 Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Marginal Citations

M1 1994 c. 39.