SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Incorporation and status
1
—On the appointment by the Secretary of State of the first Commissioners, the Commission shall come into existence as a body corporate.
2
1
The commission is not an emanation of the Crown, and shall not act or be treated as the servant or agent of the Crown.
2
Accordingly—
a
neither the Commission nor a Commissioner or member of its staff as such is entitled to any status, immunity, privilege or exemption enjoyed by the Crown;
b
the Commissioners and members of the staff of the Commission as such are not civil servants; and
c
the Commission’s property is not property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown.