Paragraph 4 Non-executive members: tenureF1
A person holds and vacates office as a non-executive member of F2NHS England in accordance with that person’s terms of appointment.
A person may at any time resign from office as a non-executive member by giving notice to the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State may at any time remove a person from office as a non-executive member on any of the following grounds—
incapacity,
misbehaviour, or
failure to carry out his or her duties as a non-executive member.
The Secretary of State may suspend a person from office as a non-executive member if it appears to the Secretary of State that there are or may be grounds to remove that person from office under sub-paragraph (3).
A person may not be appointed as a non-executive member for a period of more than four years.
A person who ceases to be a non-executive member is eligible for re-appointment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. A1 inserted (1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 9(2), 306(4), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 6 para. 2); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 3(3)); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
- F2
Words in Act substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)