Regulation 4 Membership of a forum

A forum must consist of a Chair and Deputy Chair, appointed in accordance with regulation 12, and a Secretary, together with not less than 10 and not more than 20 other members (or such other number of members outside that range as the National Assembly may authorise in writing).

A forum is to be regarded as having been established on the date specified by the appointing authority in the letters of appointment it sends to persons who are to be appointed as members of that forum, that date being the date of the first meeting of the forum.

A person’s membership of a forum continues until the expiry of the period of 3 years from the date of the first meeting of the forum, or such shorter period as is specified by the appointing authority in the letters of appointment referred to in paragraph (2), unless that person’s membership terminates in accordance with regulation 14.

A person who ceases to be a member of a forum is eligible for re-appointment.