# The Gloucester Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2002, Article 3: Constitution of the Trustees


(1) On and after the new constitution date, the Trustees shall consist of—
(a) the chairman;
(b) not less than eight and not more than nine persons appointed by the Trustees; and
(c) the principal operational officer of the Trustees.
(2) Each trustee appointed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) above shall be a person who appears to the Trustees to have special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Trustees of their functions including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) special knowledge, experience or ability in one or more of the following matters—
(a) commercial shipping;
(b) water related leisure activities;
(c) community matters;
(d) estuarial environmental matters;
(e) health and safety;
(f) financial management;
(g) the laws relating to England and Wales; and
(h) any other skills and abilities considered from time to time by the Trustees to be relevant to the discharge by them of their functions;
and the Trustees shall secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the Trustees appointed by them will, between them, have special knowledge, experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by them of their functions.
(3) In making an appointment under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) above or article 6 below, the Trustees shall act in accordance with any guidance issued by the Secretary of State from time to time with respect to the exercise of such functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3268/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gloucester-harbour-revision-constitution-order-2002/article-3
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