6(1)Before appointing any person as a member of a conservation board, the Secretary of State shall consult [F1Natural England].E+W
(2)Before appointing any person as a member of a conservation board, the National Assembly for Wales shall consult the [F2NRBW].
(3)Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule and to the provisions of the relevant order, a person appointed as a member of a conservation board by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales—
(a)shall hold office for such period of not less than one year nor more than three years as may be specified in the terms of his appointment; but
(b)on ceasing to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(4)The term of office of a person appointed by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales to fill such a vacancy in the membership of a conservation board as occurs where a person appointed by the Secretary of State or the Assembly ceases to be a member of the board before the end of his term of office may be for a period of less than one year if it is made to expire with the time when the term of office of the person in respect of whom the vacancy has arisen would have expired.
(5)Subject to the provisions of this Schedule and of the relevant order, a member of a conservation board appointed by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 13 para. 6(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 164(f); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F2Word in Sch. 13 para. 6(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 412 (with Sch. 7)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 6 wholly in force at 1.5.2001; Sch. 13 para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 103(3); Sch. 13 para. 6 in force for E. at 1.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(e); Sch. 13 para. 6 in force for W. at 1.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(g)