Article 3 Constitution of Trust

(1)

On and after the new constitution date the Trust shall consist of eleven members all of whom shall be appointed by the Trustees. These shall be:–

(a)

ten Trustees appointed by the Trustees of The Harbour of Inverness; and

(b)

the senior salaried official of the Trust as long as he remains in the employment of the Trustees.

(2)

Each Trustee appointed under paragraph (1)(a) shall be a person who appears to have a special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient and economic discharge by the Trust of their function 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)

management of harbours;

(b)

shipping or other forms of transport;

(c)

financial management;

(d)

safety or personnel management;

(e)

commercial marketing or information technology;

(f)

environmental matters affecting harbours; and

(g)

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 reasonably practicable, that the Trustees appointed will, between them, have special knowledge experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient and economic discharge by them of their functions.

(3)

In making any appointment under paragraph (1)(a) above the Trustees shall act in accordance with any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers from time to time with respect to the exercise of such functions.