Selection of Commissioners
6.—(1) Each appointing authority shall make the appointments provided for by article 4 above on merit, in accordance with a published recruitment policy and having had regard to equal opportunities.
(2) A person shall not be appointed as a Commissioner if he would reach the age of seventy years in his first term of office.
(3) Each Commissioner shall be a person who appears to the body appointing him to have special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Commissioners of their functions.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (3) above, the objective of the appointing authorities shall be to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the Commissioners include persons having special knowledge, experience or ability in the following matters—
(a)management of harbours;
(b)shipping;
(c)industrial, commercial or financial matters;
(d)water related leisure activities;
(e)administration;
(f)local governance; and
(g)environmental matters.
(5) Before appointing a Commissioner each appointing authority shall consult with the other appointing authorities with a view to achieving, so far as reasonably practicable, the objective mentioned in paragraph (4) above.