{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-appointment-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-appointment-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/1049",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Commissioner for Wales (Appointment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-appointment-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales (Appointment) Regulations 2000",
  "text": "The following regulation is substituted for regulation 2:—\n“Appointment of the Commissioner\n2 (1) Until the end of the initial period, the Commissioner may be appointed by the First Secretary.\n(2) The appointment of the Commissioner under paragraph (1) may be made only after taking into account of—\n(a) the advice of a relevant committee,\n(b) the views of relevant children as to any candidates interviewed for the appointment, and\n(c) the advice of any selection panel, established for the purpose of interviewing candidates, as to their suitability for appointment.\n(3) Following the end of the initial period, the Commissioner may be appointed by the First Minister.\n(4) The appointment of the Commissioner under paragraph (3) may be made only after taking into account .of—\n(a) the views of relevant children as to any candidates interviewed for the appointment, and\n(b) the advice of any selection panel, established for the purpose of interviewing candidates, as to their suitability for appointment.\n(5) Subject to regulation 3, the term of office of the Commissioner appointed under these Regulations must be seven years.\n(6) The Commissioner is not eligible for re-appointment upon the expiry or earlier termination of the term of office.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1049/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:03.840429+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}