Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016

39 Constitution 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.