# The Care Quality Commission (Healthwatch England Committee) Regulations 2012, Regulation 3: Appointment of members


(1) The Secretary of State must exercise the function in regulation 2(1)(a) so as to secure that the chair is a person who is a member of the Commission at the time when the appointment as chair takes effect.
(2) The chair must exercise the function in regulation 2(1)(b) so as to secure that—
(a) a majority of members are not members of the Commission;
(b) so far as reasonably practicable, the persons appointed include persons with knowledge or experience relevant to the discharge, by the Committee, of functions under section 45A of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (functions to be exercised by Healthwatch England); and
(c) arrangements for the selection and appointment of persons as members take into account—
(i) the principle that the selection and appointment of members should be open and transparent; and
(ii) the principles laid down in the Commissioner for Public Appointments’ Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies of 1st April 2012.
(3) In exercising the function in regulation 2(1)(b), the chair must have regard to the need to encourage diversity in the range of persons who may be appointed.
(4) In exercising that function, the chair may, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (5), appoint up to four members who are directors of Local Healthwatch organisations.
(5) The conditions are that—
(a) those persons are not members of the Commission at the time of the appointment; and
(b) in relation to each region of England, no more than one member is appointed from directors of Local Healthwatch organisations for the areas of English local authorities in that region.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5)(b), the regions of England are listed in column (1) of the Table in Schedule 1 and comprise the areas specified in column (2) of the Table.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1640/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-healthwatch-england-committee-regulations-2012/regulation-3
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