# The Care Council for Wales (Appointment, Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2001, Regulation 8: Appointment of committees and sub-committees


(1) Subject to such directions as may be given by the National Assembly, the Council may, and if so directed by the Assembly must, appoint committees of the Council.
(2) Subject to such directions as may be given by the National Assembly, a committee of the Council may consist wholly or partly of members of the Council or wholly of persons who are not members of the Council.
(3) Subject to such directions as may be given by the Assembly, a committee of the Council may, and if so directed by the Assembly must, appoint sub-committees.
(4) Subject to such directions as may be given by the Assembly, a sub-committee may consist wholly or partly of members of the committee (whether or not they are members of the Council) or wholly of persons who are not members of the Council or committee.
(5) Regulation 5 (disqualification from appointment), other than paragraph 1(h), and regulation 6 (cessation from disqualification) apply to the appointment of members of committees and sub-committees (“committee members”) as they apply to the appointment of members of the Council.
(6) (a) Subject to the exceptions from application described in sub-paragraph (b) and the modifications described in sub-paragraph (c), regulation 7 (termination of tenure of office) shall apply to committee members as it applies to members of the Council.
(b) The exceptions are—
(i) in the case of all committee members paragraph (2) of regulation 7; and
(ii) in the case of committee members who are members of the Council paragraphs (1), (4), (5) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (6) of regulation 7.
(c) The modifications are—
(i) in the case of a committee member who is not a member of the Council in paragraphs (1) and (3)—(6) in each place where “the National Assembly” occurs it shall be omitted and replaced by “the Council”; and
(ii) in paragraph (3) “meetings of the Council” shall in both places be omitted and replaced by “meetings of a committee of which he or she is a member”.
(d) The termination by the National Assembly of a member of the Council’s membership of a committee or sub-committee under this regulation shall also operate as a termination of that member’s tenure of office as a member of the Council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2136/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-council-for-wales-appointment-membership-and-procedure-regulations-2001/regulation-8
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