Appointment and tenure of office of chairman and members
2.—(1) The prescribed number of—
(a)non-executive members, excluding the chairman, shall be not less than five and not more than twenty,
(b)executive members, excluding the chief executive, shall be not less than one and not more than four.
(2) Subject to regulation 6 (termination of tenure of office of chairman and non-executive members), the term of office of the chairman and non-executive members shall be such period, not exceeding five years, as is specified when the appointment is made by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, a devolved authority.
(3) Subject to regulation 3 (disqualification for appointment), the chairman and any non-executive member shall, on the termination of that office, be eligible for re-appointment.
(4) Regulations 4 (cessation of disqualification) and 6 (termination of tenure of office of chairman and non-executive members) apply to a non-executive member appointed by a devolved authority as if each reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the relevant devolved authority.