7.—(1) The Judicial Pension Board is to consist of a chair appointed by the scheme manager and at least 2 and no more than 16 persons appointed by the chair, who are to be entitled to vote in its proceedings (“voting members”).
(2) Equal numbers of employer representatives and member representatives must be appointed under paragraph (1), including a departmental finance director who is to be treated as an employer representative.
(3) The chair cannot be an employer representative or a member representative.
(4) The appointment of member representatives must be approved by the Lord Chief Justice.
(5) The appointment of employer representatives must be approved by the scheme manager.
(6) The chair may, with the approval of the scheme manager, appoint up to 4 members of the Judicial Pension Board who are not to be entitled to vote in its proceedings (“non-voting members”).
(7) A non-voting member cannot be an employer representative or a member representative.
(8) A member of the Judicial Pension Board is to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member’s appointment.
(9) In this regulation, “departmental finance director” means—
(a)an accounting officer appointed by the Department of Finance and Personnel under section 9 (resource accounts: preparation) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(1); or
(b)a civil servant who has responsibility for the financial management of a government department.