The Mallaig Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2012

Constitution of Authority

3.—(1) From the new constitution date the Authority shall consist of nine members and these shall be—

(a) eight members appointed by the Authority; and

(b) the Port Manager or Senior Executive of the Authority as long as he or she remains in the employment of the Authority.

(2) Each member appointed under paragraph (1)(a) shall be a person who appears to have a special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient and economic discharge by the Authority of its function including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) special knowledge, experience or ability in one or more of the following matters—

(a) management of harbours;

(b) shipping or other forms of transport;

(c) the fishing industry;

(d) safety or personnel management;

(e) industrial marketing or information technology;

(f) civil engineering and environmental matters affecting harbours;

(g) the law of Scotland;

(h) water related leisure activities and;

(i) any other skills and abilities considered from time to time by the Members to be relevant to the discharge by them of their functions,

and the Authority shall secure, so far as reasonable practicable, that the Members appointed will, between them, have special knowledge, experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient and economic discharge by the Authority of its functions.

(3) In making any appointment under paragraph (1)(a) above the Authority shall act in accordance with the existing guidance endorsed by the Scottish Ministers with respect to the exercise of such functions(1).

(1)

Guidance is issued in the publication “Modernising Trust Ports - Guide to Good Governance” published January 2000 by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.