Part 2 Other disqualifying offices

A statutory auditor of a local government body in Wales appointed by the Auditor General for Wales under section 13 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004^f1;

Ambassador or Permanent Representative to an international organization representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;

Any member of a panel of persons appointed under section 6 of the Social Security Act 1998^f2;

Any member of a panel of persons who may be appointed to serve on a tribunal^f3 established by section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999^f4;

Any director of Finance Wales Public Limited Company;

Any member of the Commission for Racial Equality and any Additional Commissioner

Any member of the Electoral Commission, Assistant and deputy electoral commissioners and any member of staff;

Any member of the Equal Opportunities Commission and any Additional Commissioner;

Any member, not being also an employee, of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

Auditor General for Wales and members of the staff of the Wales Audit Office;

Certification officer and any assistant certification officer;

Chairman and deputy chairman of the Civil Service Appeal Board;

Chairman and vice chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission;

Chairman and any other member of the Rail Passengers’ Council in receipt of remuneration;

Chairman and any member, not being also an employee, of a Local Health Board for an area in Wales;

Chairman and any member, not being also an employee, of a Special Health Authority performing functions partly or wholly in respect of Wales;

Chairman and Director General of the British Council;

Chairman and non-executive director of a National Health Service trust all or some of whose hospitals, establishments or other facilities are situated in Wales;

Chairman of the Beef Assurance Scheme Panel;

Chairman of the Big Lottery Fund and, if in receipt of remuneration, any other member of that Fund;

Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Deputy Children’s Commissioner and all members of staff;

Civil Service Commissioner;

Commissioner for Older People in Wales, Deputy Commissioner and all members of staff;

Commissioner for Public Appointments;

Commissioner and assistant Commissioner of the Boundary Commission for Wales;

Commons Commissioner;

Comptroller and Auditor General;

Director of the Post Office company (within the meaning of Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000^f5) being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown;

Forestry Commissioners and any member of staff;

Governor or Administrator of an overseas territory within the meaning of section 50(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981^f6 as amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002^f7, section 1(1);

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;

High Commissioner representing Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;

Independent Groundwater Complaints Administrator;

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration;

Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 210 of the Pensions Act 2004^f8;

Pensions Ombudsman and any deputy to that Ombudsman appointed under section 145A of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993^f9;

Person holding a politically restricted post, within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f10, under—

1. (a)

   a local authority in Wales, within the meaning of that Part;

2. (b)

   a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

President of appeals tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998) appointed under section 5 of that Act;

President of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales, or member of a panel of persons appointed to act as chairman or other member of that Tribunal;

President of the tribunal constituted under section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999;

Rent officer appointed in pursuance of a scheme under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977^f11;

Returning officer for a constituency or an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales;

Social Fund Commissioner.