PART 2

Constitution of Trustees

Constitution of the Trustees
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1
On and after the new constitution date, the Trustees shall continue to be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall consist of not less than 6 persons and not more than 11 persons appointed by the Trustees.
2
Each Trustee appointed shall be a person who appears to the Trustees to have special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Trustees of their functions 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
usage of port facilities,
c
the fishing industry,
d
industrial and commercial matters,
e
administration,
f
the organisation of employees,
g
commercial boating activities,
h
financial management,
i
the laws relating to Scotland,
j
safety management,
k
environmental matters affecting harbours,
l
civil engineering,
m
local government and local community interests,
n
recreational, sporting and leisure activities, and
o
any other skills and matters considered from time to time by the Trustees to be relevant to the discharge of them of their functions,
and the Trustees shall secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the persons appointed by them will, between them, have special knowledge, experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by them of their functions.
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In making an appointment under paragraph (1) or article 8, the Trustees shall take account of any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers from time to time with respect to the exercise of such functions.