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.