Clause 18

by inserting, immediately after the word “major” in subsections (3) and (4)(a), the words “or a senior military expert of or above the rank of ME5”;

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)subject to subsections (5) and (6)(c), 2 or any greater even number of other members —

each of whom shall be an officer or a senior military expert; and

at least one of whom shall be an officer of or above the rank of captain or a senior military expert.”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “officers” in subsection (5), the words “or senior military experts”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “lieutenant-colonel” wherever it appears in subsection (6), the words “or ME6”; and

by deleting the words “of or above the rank of” in subsection (6)(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “, or a senior military expert, who is equivalent or superior in rank to”.