{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-resources-body-for-wales-establishment-order-2012/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-resources-body-for-wales-establishment-order-2012/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/1903",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-resources-body-for-wales-establishment-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Membership",
  "text": "(1) The Body is to consist of—\n(a) a chairperson appointed by the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) not fewer than 5 nor more than 11 other members appointed by the Welsh Ministers;\n(c) the chief executive (see paragraph 13); and\n(d) not ... more than 4 other members appointed by the Body.\n(2) In the case of the initial appointments to the Body, appointments under sub-paragraph (1)(d) are to be made by the members appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c), and the expression “the Body” (“y Corff”) is to be interpreted accordingly.\n(3) The chairperson and the other members appointed by the Welsh Ministers under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must not be employees of the Body and are referred to in this Schedule as “non-executive members” (“aelodau anweithredol”).\n(4) The chief executive and the other members appointed by the Body under sub-paragraph (1)(d) are to be employees of the Body and are referred to in this Schedule as “executive members” (“aelodau gweithredol”).\n(5) The Welsh Ministers may appoint one of the non-executive members to be deputy chairperson.\n(6) In appointing a person to be a member, the Welsh Ministers or the Body (as the case may be) must have regard to the desirability of—\n(a) appointing a person who has experience of, and has shown some capacity in, some matter relevant to the exercise of the Body’s functions, and\n(b) securing that a variety of skills and experience is available among the members.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 2(1)(d) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 19(5) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2 in force at 19.7.2012, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/1903/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:37.968346+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."
}