5(1)This paragraph applies to a person (a “Ministerial appointee”) appointed as—
(a)a member of UKRI,
(b)an executive chair, or
(c)an ordinary Council member where the appointment was made by the Secretary of State.
(2)The terms and conditions of a Ministerial appointee’s appointment are to be determined by the Secretary of State; but that is subject to the following provisions of this Schedule.
(3)A Ministerial appointee may resign from office as a member of UKRI, executive chair or an ordinary Council member by notifying the Secretary of State.
(4)The Secretary of State may remove a Ministerial appointee from office on any of the following grounds—
(a)absence from UKRI’s or the Council’s meetings, as the case may be, for a continuous period of more than six months without UKRI’s or the Council’s permission,
(b)inability or unfitness to carry out the functions of the office, or
(c)such other grounds as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.