The National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland Order 1993

Tenure of members

7.—(1) Subject to the following provisions a non-executive member shall be appointed for a period not exceeding 4 years, and on the expiry of any such period shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(2) Such a member may resign office at any time during the period for which he was appointed by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State to this effect.

(3) If such a member is absent from meetings of the Board, or of any committee or sub-committee of which he is a member for more than 6 months consecutively, the Secretary of State shall terminate his appointment immediately on the expiry of that period, unless he is satisfied:—

(a) the absence was due to a reasonable cause; and

(b) such a member is able to attend meetings within such period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.

(4) If the Secretary of State considers that it is not in the interests of the Board that such a member should continue his membership of the Board, he may forthwith terminate his appointment.

(5) If such a member—

(a) is removed from the professional register, or part of that register, or

(b) ceases to hold the post or qualification by virtue of which he has been appointed as a member of the Board, or

(c) is a person to whom any of the disqualifying events set out in the Schedule to this Order applies,

the Secretary of State may forthwith terminate his appointment.

(6) If the place of such a member becomes vacant before the expiry of the period for which he was appointed (whether by death, resignation or otherwise) the vacancy shall be filled by an appointment for the remainder of the period made by the Secretary of State having regard to the qualification by virtue of which the former member was appointed.