PART 4MISCELLANEOUS
Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment
39Constitution etc
1
The members of the Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment are to be appointed on such terms and conditions as the Welsh Ministers determine.
2
The membership of the Panel must not exceed 15 persons.
3
The Panel is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.
4
The validity of an act of the Panel is not affected by a vacancy among its members.
5
The Welsh Ministers may pay a member of the Panel such fees, allowances or expenses as the Welsh Ministers may determine.
6
The Welsh Ministers may provide such staff, accommodation or other facilities as the Welsh Ministers may consider necessary to enable the Panel to carry out its functions.
7
A person is disqualified from membership of the Panel if the person is—
a
a member of the National Assembly for Wales,
b
a member of the House of Commons or the House of Lords,
c
a member of the Scottish Parliament,
d
a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly,
e
a member of the European Parliament,
f
a member of a county council or county borough council in Wales,
g
a member of a National Park authority in Wales, or
h
a member of staff of an organisation specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
8
Accordingly, a disqualified person may not be appointed as a member of the Panel; and a person appointed as such who becomes disqualified ceases to be a member.
9
The Welsh Ministers may dismiss a member of the Panel if satisfied that the member—
a
is unfit to continue as a member,
b
is unable or unwilling to act as a member, or
c
has brought the Panel into disrepute.
10
A member of the Panel may resign by giving not less than three months’ notice in writing to the Welsh Ministers.