# The Welsh Language Commissioner (Appointment) Regulations 2011, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/1593/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-commissioner-appointment-regulations-2011/regulation-2
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