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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "asc/2026/4",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Appointment requirements",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) environmental law and policy;\n(b) environmental science;\n(c) investigatory and enforcement proceedings.\n(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.\n(3) Before appointing a person as a non-executive member or as chief executive in accordance with paragraph 6(2), the Welsh Ministers must—\n(a) establish a panel to make recommendations to the Welsh Ministers in relation to candidates for such appointment, and\n(b) have regard to the panel’s recommendations.\n(4) The panel must comprise of—\n(a) 1 member of Senedd Cymru nominated by a committee of Senedd Cymru for the time being with remit for environmental protection,\n(b) 1 member of staff of the Welsh Government, and\n(c) 2 independent members.\n(5) The Welsh Ministers must be satisfied—\n(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\n(b) that the members of the panel (between them) have experience of all those matters.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(c)"
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      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.736045+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."
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