Paragraph 29 Committees and procedure of the Expert PanelI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Expert Panel may determine its own procedure and the procedure of any committee.

(2)

A member of the Expert Panel may at any time resign from a committee of the Expert Panel by giving notice to the Chief Executive Officer.

(3)

The Chief Executive Officer may remove a person from membership of a committee of the Expert Panel if the Chief Executive Officer considers that—

(a)

the person will be unable, for a substantial period, to perform their duties as a member of the committee, or

(b)

because of a particular interest of the member of the committee, it is inappropriate for them to remain a member of the committee.

(4)

Where a person ceases to be a member of a committee of the Expert Panel, the Chief Executive Officer may select a replacement member of the committee from the Expert Panel.

(5)

A person’s ceasing to be a member of a committee of the Expert Panel does not—

(a)

prevent the committee from continuing with anything begun before the person ceased to be a member of it, or

(b)

affect anything done by the person or the committee before the person ceased to be a member of it (unless the Chief Executive Officer directs otherwise).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 29 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(2)(b)