Regulation 7 Suspension of non-executive membersI1
England and Wales
Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where it appears to the Secretary of State in relation to a non-executive member that a condition in paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 is or may be met.
The Secretary of State may suspend the non-executive member from office by giving the member notice in writing to that effect.
Such notice must give the reason for, and the period of, the suspension and the date that it is to begin.
Where—
the Secretary of State has suspended a non-executive member under paragraph (2); and
the period of the suspension has not expired,
the Secretary of State may, by giving the member notice in writing to that effect, extend, or further extend, the suspension for a further specified period.
A non-executive member must cease to perform that member’s functions as a non-executive member for the period of the suspension but the period of that member’s term of office is not affected by the suspension.
Where a non-executive member is suspended under this regulation, the Secretary of State may, on application by the suspended member or otherwise, remove a suspension or reduce its period.
Where the Secretary of State removes, or reduces the period of, the suspension under paragraph (6) the Secretary of State must notify the non-executive member in writing to that effect.