Regulation 10 Chief officer selection panelI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Council must advertise any vacancy in the post of the chief officer in such publications circulating throughout England and Wales as it considers appropriate.

(2)

The Council must appoint a selection panel to—

(a)

select for interview such applicants for the post as the selection panel thinks fit;

(b)

interview such of those applicants as attend for the purpose; and

(c)

where the selection panel considers it appropriate to do so, recommend to the Council for appointment one of the applicants interviewed by the selection panel.

(3)

The selection panel must elect a chair from among their number.

(4)

Following a majority vote of the Council members the Council may remove the chair to any selection panel from the office of chair to that selection panel at any time.

(5)

The majority of persons on any selection panel must be council members.

(6)

The membership of a selection panel must include—

(a)

at least one representative of the Welsh Ministers; and

(b)

at least one independent member.

(7)

A person is not to be regarded as independent for the purposes of paragraph (6)(b) if the person is—

(a)

a member or an employee of the Council; or

(b)

an employee of the Welsh Government.

(8)

Where there is an equal decision of votes the chair, or as the case may be, the person who is acting as chair for the purposes of the meeting, has a second or casting vote.

(9)

Any decision of the selection panel must be taken by a vote representing an absolute majority of all the persons on the panel.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 10 in force at 29.9.2014, see reg. 1(1)