SCHEDULE 1

Incorporation and status

1

—On the appointment by the Secretary of State of the first Commissioners, the Commission shall come into existence as a body corporate.

2

1

The commission is not an emanation of the Crown, and shall not act or be treated as the servant or agent of the Crown.

2

Accordingly—

a

neither the Commission nor a Commissioner or member of its staff as such is entitled to any status, immunity, privilege or exemption enjoyed by the Crown;

b

the Commissioners and members of the staff of the Commission as such are not civil servants; and

c

the Commission’s property is not property of, or held on behalf of, the Crown.