Criteria for appointment 15 (1) An individual may not be appointed to hold a relevant office if the individual is or, 3 within the year preceding the date on which the appointment is to take effect, has been— (a) a member of the Scottish Parliament, (b) a member of the House of Commons, (c) a member of the House of Lords, 20 (d) a councillor, employee or appointee of a local authority, (e) a civil servant, (f) a person who is, or who is a member, employee or appointee of— (i) the Lord Advocate, (ii) the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, 25 (iii) the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, (iv) the Parole Board for Scotland, (v) a health board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (vi) a special health board constituted under section 2(1)(b) of the National 30 Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. (2) In making an appointment under section 11(2) or 12(2), the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the desirability of a relevant office-holder not being and, within the year 36 Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Domestic homicide and suicide reviews: public appointments preceding the date on which the appointment is to take effect, not having been a member, employee or appointee of an organisation which Ministers consider— (a) has as its aim, or as one of its primary aims, the provision of support to victims of crime, or 5 (b) is involved in overseeing the provision of services to victims of abusive domestic behaviour. (3) In this paragraph, “abusive domestic behaviour” means abusive behaviour by person A towards person B, within the meaning of section 9(2).