# Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, Section 1: Gender representation objective


(1) The “gender representation objective” for a public board is that it has 50% of non-executive members who are women.
(2) Where a public board has an odd number of non-executive members, the percentage mentioned in subsection (1) applies as if the board had one fewer non-executive member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/4/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018/section-1
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