Paragraph 8 Appointment requirementsI1

England and Wales

(1)

In appointing a person as a non-executive member, the Welsh Ministers must have regard to the desirability of the OEGW’s members (between them) having experience of, and having shown capability in—

(a)

environmental law and policy;

(b)

environmental science;

(c)

investigatory and enforcement proceedings.

(2)

Before appointing or reappointing a person as the chairperson or deputy chairperson of the OEGW, the Welsh Ministers must consult a committee of Senedd Cymru for the time being with remit for environmental protection on the proposed appointment.

(3)

Before appointing a person as a non-executive member or as chief executive in accordance with paragraph 6(2), the Welsh Ministers must—

(a)

establish a panel to make recommendations to the Welsh Ministers in relation to candidates for such appointment, and

(b)

have regard to the panel’s recommendations.

(4)

The panel must comprise of—

(a)

1 member of Senedd Cymru nominated by a committee of Senedd Cymru for the time being with remit for environmental protection,

(b)

1 member of staff of the Welsh Government, and

(c)

2 independent members.

(5)

The Welsh Ministers must be satisfied—

(a)

that each member of the panel, other than the member of Senedd Cymru appointed to the panel in accordance with sub-paragraph (4)(a), has experience of at least one of the matters listed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c), and

(b)

that the members of the panel (between them) have experience of all those matters.

(6)

Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to a person’s appointment for a second period of office where it would follow immediately after the first.

(7)

Sub-paragraph (4)(a) does not apply where the committee mentioned in that sub-paragraph declines to make a nomination or fails to do so within 21 days beginning with the day the Welsh Ministers request the nomination.

(8)

In calculating the period of 21 days mentioned in sub-paragraph (7), no account is to be taken of any time during which Senedd Cymru is dissolved or is in recess for more than 4 days.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(c)