SCHEDULE 1PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

2.  The Welsh Ministers will ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place for the selection and appointment of persons as members and that those arrangements take into account —

(a)the principles from time to time laid down by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and in the Welsh Minister’s Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies;

(b)the requirement that the selection and appointment be open and transparent; and

(c)the requirement of fair and open competition in the selection and appointment.