Non-officer members – termination of term of appointment8.
(1)
The Welsh Ministers must immediately terminate a person’s appointment as a non-officer member if the Welsh Ministers are satisfied—
(a)
that it is not in the interests of HEIW or of the health service for that person to continue to hold office; or
(b)
that the person is disqualified under regulation 6 from holding office or was disqualified at the time of their appointment.
(2)
The Welsh Ministers terminate a person’s appointment under paragraph (1) by giving notice in writing to that effect.
(3)
If it comes to the notice of the Welsh Ministers that at the time of a person’s appointment as a non-officer member the person was disqualified under regulation 6, the Welsh Ministers must—
(a)
declare that the person was not duly appointed; and
(b)
notify the person in writing to that effect.
(4)
If it comes to the notice of the Welsh Ministers that a person appointed as a non-officer member has, since the appointment, become disqualified under regulation 6, the Welsh Ministers must notify the person in writing to that effect.
(5)
If a person has received notice under paragraph (2), (3) or (4) the person’s term of appointment is terminated with immediate effect and the person is to cease to act as a member.