Appointment of members
3.—(1) The members of DHCW are appointed as follows—
(a)the chair, vice-chair and up to 5 other non-officer members are appointed by the Welsh Ministers;
(b)the chief officer is appointed in accordance with paragraph (3);
(c)the officer members are appointed in accordance with paragraph (4);
(d)the associate members are appointed in accordance with paragraph (6).
(2) The non-officer members must not be employees of DHCW.
(3) The chief officer is appointed by the non-officer members, apart from the first chief officer who is appointed by the Welsh Ministers.
(4) The officer members are appointed as follows:
(a)the first finance officer and first clinical officer are appointed by the non-officer members;
(b)all other officer members are appointed by the non-officer members and the chief officer.
(5) The officer members are to be employees of DHCW.
(6) The associate members are appointed as follows:
(a)the Welsh Ministers, or DHCW acting with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, may appoint up to 2 associate members, and
(b)where one or more trade unions are recognised by DHCW, 1 associate member may be appointed in accordance with regulation 4.