(1) In accordance with article 263 of the Constitution, a person is not qualified to be a member of the Commission or a Regional Lands Commission, other than the executive secretary and the regional lands officer, unless that person is qualified to be a member of Parliament.

(2) A person is not disqualified from being a member of the Commission or a Regional Lands Commission because that person is a public officer.

(3) A member of the Commission or a Regional Lands Commission who has a professional qualification shall cease to be a member of the Commission or Regional Lands Commission if that member

(a) is disqualified or suspended from practicing that profession by an order of a competent authority made personally in respect of that member, or

          (b) ceases to be a member of the profession otherwise than at the request of that member.