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Scottish Development Agency Act 1975

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[F11 The Scottish Development Agency.N.I.

(1)For the purpose of furthering the development of Scotland’s economy and improving its environment, there shall be established a body to be called the Scottish Development Agency (in this Act referred to as “the Agency”) which shall have the functions specified in the following provisions of this Act.

(2)The Agency shall consist of a chairman and not less than eight nor more than twelve other members.

(3)Subject to subsections (6) and (7) below, the chairman and other members of the Agency shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.

(4)The members of the Agency shall be appointed from among persons who appear to the Secretary of State to have a wide experience of, and to have shown capacity in, industry, banking, accounting or finance, environmental matters, local government or the representation of workers, or any other field of activity which the Secretary of State considers is relevant to the discharge of the functions of the Agency.

(5)The Secretary of State may appoint one or more of the Agency’s members to be deputy chairman or deputy chairmen.

(6)The Secretary of State, after consultation with the chairman or chairman-designate of the Agency, shall make the first appointment of chief executive of the Agency, and thereafter the Agency may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, make subsequent appointments to that office.

(7)The chief executive shall ex officio be a member of the Agency.

(8)It is hereby declared that the Agency shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown, and that the Agency’s property is not to be regarded as the property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.

(9)The Agency shall not be exempt, except as provided by paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to this Act, from any tax, duty, rate, levy or other charge whatsoever, whether general or local.

(10)Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of the Agency and other matters relating to the Agency and their members and staff.]

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F1Act except ss. 20 and 28 repealed (E.W.S.) (30.7.1994) by 1990 c. 35, ss. 23(4), 38(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1976, art. 2.

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