Article 4 Incorporation and constitution of the Commissioners
The Commissioners are and continue to be incorporated as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
Subject to articles 6 (transitional provisions), 7 (terms of office of subsequent commissioners), 8 (additional commissioners), 9 (declaration to be made by commissioners) and 10 (casual vacancies), the Commissioners consist of—
ten commissioners appointed by the selection panel;
the Chief Executive; and
an officer of the Commissioners appointed by the chair after consultation with the Chief Executive.
Each commissioner appointed under sub-paragraph (2)(a) must be a person who appears to the selection panel to have special knowledge, experience or ability appropriate to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Commissioners of their harbour functions including special knowledge, experience or ability in one or more of the following matters—
commerce;
maritime activities;
health and safety;
management;
public relations and community issues;
knowledge and understanding of the harbour and its surrounding area;
industrial relations;
harbour operations, shipping, fishing or cargo handling;
accountancy or financial management;
boating and other water related leisure activities;
environmental matters affecting harbours;
any other skills and abilities considered by the Commissioners to be relevant to the discharge by the Commissioners of their harbour functions.
The selection panel must also secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that, together, the persons appointed by it have special knowledge, experience and ability in a broad and complementary range of matters relevant to the efficient, effective and economic discharge by the Commissioners of their harbour functions.