Upper Tribunal: legal members
314.Paragraphs 5 and 6 provide that the Scottish Ministers must appoint legal members of the Upper Tribunal (after consulting the Lord President). To be appointed a person must have the experience, qualifications and training in relation to tax law and practice that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate and meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6. These are that the person is practising and has been practising for a period of not less than 10 years as a solicitor or advocate in Scotland and meets a description to be specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations (see also paragraph 8).