SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13The Health Services Safety Investigations Body

PART 1Constitution

I2I17Non-executive members: suspension from office

1

Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 5(4), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair’s functions.

2

Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—

a

the period ending with either—

i

the appointment of a new chair, or

ii

the revocation or expiry of the existing chair’s suspension, and

b

the remainder of the interim chair’s term as a non-executive member.

3

Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—

a

a person’s initial term as interim chair is to cease as a result of the expiry of the person’s initial term as a non-executive member, and

b

that person is to be re-appointed as a non-executive member.

4

The person may be re-appointed as interim chair for a further term determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

5

That further term must begin at the end of the person’s initial term as interim chair.