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Version Superseded: 01/10/2007
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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999(repealed), Cross Heading: Membership.
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2(1)The Commission shall consist of not less than 10 and not more than 15 commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State.
[(1)One of the commissioners shall be a person who appears to the Secretary of State to have special knowledge of Scotland.]
(2)The Secretary of State may appoint as a commissioner a person who is not disabled and has not had a disability only if satisfied that after the appointment more than half of the commissioners will be disabled persons or persons who have had a disability.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply in respect of the first three appointments under this paragraph.
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