Appointment of members by voluntary organisations
7.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may invite such voluntary organisations as they determine as having sufficient interest in the health service within the district of a Council, to take part in the appointment of persons to a Council under regulation 3(1)(b).
(2) The voluntary organisations chosen under paragraph (1) must between them make a total of three appointments to the relevant Council set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 for each relevant local authority area (or part thereof) set out in column 2 of that Schedule.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), each voluntary organisation must appoint an equal number of members to the Council.
(4) Where the number of members to be appointed does not allow for an equal number of members to be appointed by each voluntary organisation, and further members are needed in order to fulfil the requirements of this regulation, those further members are appointed by such of the voluntary organisations as those organisations may be agreement determine, or, in default of agreement by such date as the Welsh Ministers may specify for the purpose, as the Welsh Ministers may determine.
(5) A member appointed in accordance with this regulation must be a member of or connected with the voluntary organisation which appoints him or her.
(6) A member appointed by a voluntary organisation must, on ceasing to be a member of or connected with the appointing voluntary organisation, cease to be a member of the Council at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which he or she ceased to be a member of or connected with the appointing voluntary organisation.