Regulation 2 Establishment of a selection panel

(1)

Upon being requested to do so by the First Minister the Welsh Ministers must convene a selection panel for the purposes of paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), a selection panel must comprise of—

(a)

a member of staff of the Welsh Assembly Government;

(b)

a person accredited by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments to act as an independent appointments assessor;

(c)

a person who appears to the Welsh Ministers to possess relevant experience; and

(d)

a member of the National Assembly for Wales nominated by a relevant committee.

(3)

Where a relevant committee either:

(a)

declines to make a nomination; or

(b)

fails to make a nomination within a reasonable time,

paragraph (2)(d) of this regulation does not apply.

(4)

In this regulation—

“relevant committee” (“pwyllgor perthnasol”) means a committee of the National Assembly for Wales invited by the Welsh Ministers to make a nomination;
“relevant experience” (“profiad perthnasol”) means experience of the promotion of the use of Welsh and/or another language.