SCHEDULE 7Conditions of membership etc.

Initial period of office

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1

A person who is appointed to a position in the Scottish Tribunals holds the position for the period of 5 years beginning with the date of the appointment.

2

A person who is transferred-in to a position in the Scottish Tribunals holds the position for the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).

3

That period is the first-ending of either—

a

the period for which the member would have continued to hold office in the listed tribunal in question if the transfer to the Scottish Tribunals had not taken place, or

b

the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which the person becomes a member of the Scottish Tribunals.