(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 10, the Commission shall comprise not less than 5 or more than 7 commissioners who shall be appointed by the Minister after consultation with Cabinet on such terms and conditions as the Minister may specify in the commissioner's, instruments of appointment.
(2) The commissioners shall be persons of integrity, collectively having recognized experience and expertise in —
(a) the regulation of utility supply services;
(b) business administration;
(c) consumer affairs;
(d) commerce;
(e) economics;
(f) engineering;
(g) the environment;
(h) finance and accounting;
(i) law;
(j) natural resources;
(k) project management; and
(l) public health;
(m) training in Utility Regulation.
(3) Where under section 26 a vacancy exists in the membership of the Commission, the Minister shall in accordance with this section appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(4) The Minister shall by notice published in the Gazette give notice of the names of the commissioners as the Commission is first constituted and every change in the constitution of the Commission.
(5) A person appointed as a commissioner shall act in the public interest to carry out the purposes of this Act and not based on his or her personal or business interest.