The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Appointment, term of office and cessation of office of the chair

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3.—(1) The Department must appoint two persons as joint chair of the Board.

(2) One of those persons must be a representative of employers and the other must be a representative of scheme members.

(3) The Department may appoint a person—

(a)who is not already a member on the Board; or

(b)who is already a member on the Board.

(4) A member serving as chair shall cease to be chair—

(a)on ceasing to be a member;

(b)if the member resigns as chair, which the member may do at any time by giving a minimum of six months’ notice (or such shorter period as the Department is prepared to accept) in writing to the scheme manager;

(c)if the member’s membership of the Board is suspended by the Department.