Non-executive members who are elected as opposed to appointed to the board of a listed public authority have been excluded; • “non-executive member”, in relation to a public authority, means a position on its public board that is: o not an excluded position; o not held by an employee of the authority, i.e. an executive member; • “public authority” means an authority listed, or within the description listed, in the first column of the table in schedule 1; • “public board” means: 2 This document relates to the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 16) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 15 June 2017 o if the public authority is a company, the directors; o if the public authority has a statutory board or other equivalent statutory management body, that board or body; o in relation to any other public authority, the membership of the authority.