Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011

Appointment of initial members

3 (1) The consent of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons is not required for the appointment under paragraph 1(1)(a) of a person who—

(a) immediately before the person’s appointment, was chairing the non-statutory Office for Budget Responsibility, and

(b) was appointed to do so by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the consent of that Committee.

(2) The period of the person’s appointment under paragraph 1(1)(a) is to be taken to have begun with the appointment of that person to chair the non-statutory Office for Budget Responsibility.

(3) The consent of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons is not required for the appointment under paragraph 1(1)(b) of a person who—

(a) immediately before the person’s appointment, was a member of the non-statutory Office for Budget Responsibility but not chairing it, and

(b) was appointed as such a member by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the consent of that Committee.

(4) The period of appointment under paragraph 1(1)(b) of each such person is to be taken to have begun with the appointment of that person as a member of the non-statutory Office for Budget Responsibility.

(5) The first 2 appointments under paragraph 1(1)(b) may be for less than 5 years to secure that those appointments and the first appointment under paragraph 1(1)(a) each expire at different times.

(6) The first 2 appointments under paragraph 1(1)(c) are to be made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer after consultation with the member appointed under paragraph 1(1)(a).