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(1)There is to be a body, to be known as the Public Guardian Board.
(2)The Board's duty is to scrutinise and review the way in which the Public Guardian discharges his functions and to make such recommendations to the Lord Chancellor about that matter as it thinks appropriate.
(3)The Lord Chancellor must, in discharging his functions under sections 57 and 58, give due consideration to recommendations made by the Board.
(4)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)The Board must have—
(a)at least one member who is a judge of the court, and
(b)at least four members who are persons appearing to the Lord Chancellor to have appropriate knowledge or experience of the work of the Public Guardian.
[F2(5A)Where a person to be appointed as a member of the Board is a judge of the court, the appointment is to be made by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor.
(5B)In any other case, the appointment of a person as a member of the Board is to be made by the Lord Chancellor.]
F2(6)The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision as to—
(a)the appointment of members of the Board (and, in particular, the procedures to be followed in connection with appointments);
(b)the selection of one of the members to be the chairman;
(c)the term of office of the chairman and members;
(d)their resignation, suspension or removal;
(e)the procedure of the Board (including quorum);
(f)the validation of proceedings in the event of a vacancy among the members or a defect in the appointment of a member.
(7)Subject to any provision made in reliance on subsection (6)(c) or (d), a person is to hold and vacate office as a member of the Board in accordance with the terms of the instrument appointing him.
(8)The Lord Chancellor may make such payments to or in respect of members of the Board by way of reimbursement of expenses, allowances and remuneration as he may determine.
(9)The Board must make an annual report to the Lord Chancellor about the discharge of its functions.
[F3(10)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this section—
(a)the President of the Court of Protection;
(b)a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005).F3]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 59(4) omitted (3.4.2006) by virtue of The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 36(2)
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