Paragraph 17 I1

Schedule 13 (further provision about standing advisory committees) is amended as follows.

In paragraph 1(b), after “office” insert “ (including removal or suspension from office) ”.

After paragraph 5 insert—

“5A

But regulations under paragraph 1(b) may make provision about the appointment by the Welsh Ministers of an interim chairman of a standing advisory committee in cases where the chairman elected under paragraph 5 is removed or suspended from office.”