Article 5 Selection panel

The selection panel consists of the Chairperson and two persons (who must not be Members or officers of the Port Authority) appointed by the Board.

The Board must take steps to secure that the persons appointed to the selection panel have appropriate experience including (but not limited to) current knowledge and experience of the port and in particular experience in the commercial, maritime, fishing, cargo handling, environmental or other interests in the port.

The Clerk must provide the selection panel with such administrative assistance and advice as it may require in connection with the discharge of its functions.

Before making an appointment the selection panel must consult the Board.

Before the new constitution date references in this article to the Board are references to the Port Authority, the reference to the Chairperson is a reference to the chairman of the members of the Port Authority, the reference to the Clerk is a reference to the Chief Executive of the Port Authority and the reference to Members is a reference to members of the Port Authority.

The selection panel established before the new constitution date continues in effect on and after that date subject to replacement, as occasion may require, of individual members of the panel in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (4).