SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses
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1
The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses shall continue to exist under that name as a body corporate constituted as follows.
2
The following persons holding the following offices constitute the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, that is to say—
a
the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General for Scotland;
b
the lords provosts of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, and the conveners of the councils for Highland and Argyll and Bute;
c
the sheriffs principal of all the sheriffdoms in Scotland;
d
a person nominated by the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and appointed by the Secretary of State;
e
any person elected under paragraph 2 below.
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1
The Commissioners may elect, as members of their body, the convener of any council whose area includes any part of the coasts of Scotland.
2
The Commissioners may elect, as members of their body, not more than five other persons; but a person shall not be elected in pursuance of this sub-paragraph unless either he appears to the Commissioners to have special knowledge and experience of nautical matters or three persons who so appear are members of that body.
3
A person appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(2)(d) above, or a person appointed by the Commissioners under paragraph 2(2) above, shall hold office for three years, but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
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1
Any five of the Commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
2
The Commissioners constituting a quorum shall have power to do all such matters and things as might be done by the whole body.
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In this Schedule “council” means a council constituted under section 2 of the M1Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.