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(1) The Commission consists, in accordance with article 259 of the Constitution, of

(a) the chairman, who is neither a Minister nor a Deputy Minister,

(b) one representative of, and nominated by,

(i) the National House of Chiefs,

(ii) the Ghana Bar Association,

(iii) the Ghana Institution of Surveyors,

(iv) each Regional Lands Commission,

(v) the department responsible for town and country planning,

 (vi) the National Association of Farmers and Fishermen,

(vii) the Environmental Protection Council, and

(viii) the Ministry responsible for Lands and Forestry, and

(c) the chief administrator of the Lands Commission who shall be the executive secretary.

(2) In accordance with article 70 of the Constitution the chairman and the other members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President.

(3) The salaries and allowances payable, the facilities and the privileges available, to the chairman and the other members of the Commission shall be determined by the President in accordance with article 71 (I) (d) (iv) of the Constitution.