SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
PART 1Members of the Sponsor Body
12Resignation, suspension and removal
1
A Parliamentary member ceases to be a member of the Sponsor Body if—
a
the member ceases to be a member of the relevant House (but see sub-paragraph (4)),
b
the relevant House orders the suspension of the member from the service of that House for a specified period of the requisite length,
c
the member becomes—
i
a member of either of the House Commissions, or
ii
a Minister of the Crown,
d
the member becomes a director of the Delivery Authority (other than a director within paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 2), or
e
in the case of a Lords member, the member is granted leave of absence in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
2
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) a specified period is “of the requisite length” if—
a
where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, it is a period of at least 10 sitting days, or
b
in any other case, the period (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days.
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) it does not matter—
a
when the period of suspension starts, and
b
where that period is expressed as a number of sitting days, what provision (if any) is made by the relevant House regarding what does, or does not, count as a sitting day for the purpose of calculating that period.
4
Where a Commons member ceases to be a member of the House of Commons on the dissolution of Parliament prior to a Parliamentary general election—
a
sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply, and
b
unless the person is re-elected to the House of Commons at the election (and subject to the earlier expiry of the person’s term of appointment), the person ceases to be a member of the Sponsor Body—
i
on the appointment of a new Parliamentary member in the person’s place, or
ii
if no new Parliamentary member is appointed, at the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the person ceases to be a member of the House of Commons.
5
For the purposes of this Schedule (other than this paragraph), a person is to be treated as a member of the House of Commons for any period during which—
a
the person continues to be a member of the Sponsor Body as a result of sub-paragraph (4)(a), and
b
is not a member of the House of Commons.
6
In this paragraph—
“Commons member” and “Lords member” mean a person who is a Parliamentary member by virtue of being a member of the House of Commons or the House of Lords (as the case may be);
“the relevant House”, in relation to a Parliamentary member, means the House of Parliament from which the member is drawn.