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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Disapplication of appointment requirements: interim members",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 8(2) and (3) do not apply where the Welsh Ministers appoint a person as the OEGW’s chairperson or deputy chairperson for a period of 12 months or less in the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The circumstances are—\n(a) that the OEGW’s chairperson or (as the case may be) deputy chairperson—\n(i) has ceased to be a member of the OEGW before the end of the period of office specified in their terms of appointment (by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office), or\n(ii) is suspended from office under paragraph 5(2), and\n(b) that as a result, the OEGW’s quorum specified in the rules made under paragraph 14 cannot be met.\n(3) Paragraph 8(3) does not apply where the Welsh Ministers appoint a person as a non-executive member other than chairperson or deputy chairperson for a period of 12 months or less in the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (4).\n(4) The circumstances are—\n(a) that one or more persons—\n(i) have ceased to be members of the OEGW before the end of the period of office specified in their terms of appointment (by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office), or\n(ii) are suspended from office under paragraph 5(2), and\n(b) that as a result, the OEGW’s quorum specified in the rules made under paragraph 14 cannot be met.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/4",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/4",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}