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No officer of any government department and no person employed by an education authority in any capacity other than that of a teacher shall be qualified to be appointed to F2an Independent Schools Tribunal by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 below, and no person shall be so qualified unless he has had such experience in teaching or in the conduct, management or administration of schools as the Secretary of State considers suitable.

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Where any complaint is required to be determined by an Independent Schools Tribunal, the tribunal shall consist of the sheriff principal (or, if he is unable to act, a person qualified for appointment as sheriff principal nominated by the Lord President of the Court of Session), who shall be chairman, and two other members appointed. . . F4 by the Secretary of State,. . . F4

In this Schedule “sheriff principal” means the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which the school to which the complaint relates is situated or, in the case of an appeal against a refusal to remove a disqualification, the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom where the appellant resides.