SCHEDULE 1 The Council and Committees of the Council: Supplementary Provisions
Part I The Council
F1F2Matters for the order of the Privy Council under section 1(2A)
1B.
(1)
An order under section 1(2A) shall include provision with regard to—
(a)
the numbers of registrant members and lay members of the Council;
(b)
the terms of office for which members of the Council are appointed, and the order may provide that these are to be determined by the Privy Council, on appointment;
(c)
the grounds on which persons are to be disqualified from appointment as registrant or lay members of the Council;
(d)
the appointment of a chair of the Council and the chair’s term of office, and the order may provide that the term is to be determined by whoever makes the appointment as chair, on appointment;
(e)
deputising arrangements in respect of the chair;
(f)
the quorum of the Council; and
(g)
the circumstances in which members cease to hold office or may be removed or suspended from office.
(2)
But an order under section 1(2A) must not include any provision which would have the effect that a majority of the members of the Council would be lay members.
(3)
An order under section 1(2A) may include provision with regard to—
(a)
the maximum period for which a member of the Council may hold office as a member during a specified period;
(b)
the maximum period for which a member of the Council may serve as chair of the Council during a specified period;
(c)
the education and training of members of the Council, and the order may provide for the Council to include the requirements with regard to education and training of its members in standing orders, and for those standing orders to provide for—
(i)
that education and training to be the responsibility of another body, and
(ii)
those requirements to be set and varied by that body from time to time;
(d)
the attendance of members of the Council at meetings of the Council; and
(e)
the effect (if any) of any vacancy in the membership of the Council or any defect in the appointment of a member.
(4)
An order under section 1(2A) may make different provision for different cases or different classes of case and may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory, saving or supplementary provisions as appear to the Privy Council to be necessary or expedient.