The remainder of the amendments to part 2 of the 2003 act will have the effect of conferring directly on the commission visitors the commission’s visiting and inspection functions. The commission will, of course, retain overall control of the strategic direction and of visiting and inspection policy, but operational functions will be devolved to the visitors.The amendments to schedule 1 to the 2003 act that amendment 202 makes provide for the appointment by the commission of the commission visitors, who cannot now be commission members; instead, it is made clear that they will be drawn from among its complement of staff, together with others who have been brought in for their additional skill and expertise to carry out the commission’s visiting and inspection functions.