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Building Standards Advisory Committee
18/12/2006
The Minister for Communities today announced the reappointment of David Wedderburn as Chair to the Building Standards Advisory Committee.
Mr Wedderburn, is a solicitor architect with Maclay, Murray and Spens, solicitors, Edinburgh. He was first appointed as a member of the committee on January 1, 1997.
The reappointment will be for three years and will run from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009.
The post is unpaid, other than the reimbursement of necessary travelling expenses, and requires the chair to attend an average of three main Committee meetings each year.
The Chair may also become involved in additional, technical working groups related to the development of new building standards. Mr Wedderburn holds no other Ministerial appointments.
The remit of the Committee is set out in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 and is essentially to advise Scottish Ministers on the exercise of their functions under the Act; keep under review the operation of regulations under the Act and make recommendations to Ministers in connection with the regulations.
The Committee may also advise Ministers on any question relating to their functions under the Act which Ministers may refer to the Committee.
The Committee is intended to provide a technical input to proposals for regulations, but with a strong remit to consider both the potential effects of the legislation and its interaction with related legislation.
Ministerial public appointments are made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
All Appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees' political activity (If there is any to be declared) to be made public. Within the last five years, Mr Wedderburn has not been involved in any political activity.