The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Removal of Judges) Order 1999

Membership of tribunal

4.—(1) A tribunal constituted under article 3 shall consist of three persons appointed as members by the First Minister.

(2) One member shall be appointed to chair the tribunal and that person shall be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council who holds or has held any of the offices referred to in section 103(2) of the Act.

(3) The second member of the tribunal shall be a person who–

(a)is, and has been for at least ten years, legally qualified; or

(b)was but is no longer legally qualified, provided that when he was last an advocate or a solicitor he had been legally qualified for at least ten years.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a person shall be legally qualified if he is an advocate or a solicitor.

(5) The third member of the tribunal shall be a person who is not, and never has been–

(a)an advocate;

(b)a solicitor; or

(c)a foreign lawyer.