Non-officer members – suspension from office
9.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may suspend a non-officer member from office while they consider whether to terminate that person’s appointment under regulation 8.
(2) The Welsh Ministers must give notice of the decision to suspend a person and the suspension takes effect when the person receives the notice.
(3) The notice may be—
(a)delivered in person, in which case the member is treated as receiving it when it is delivered; or
(b)sent by first class post to the person’s last known postal address, in which case the person is treated as receiving it on the third day after the day on which it is posted.
(4) The initial period of suspension must not exceed 6 months.
(5) The Welsh Ministers may review the suspension at any time.
(6) The Welsh Ministers may review the suspension if requested in writing by the person to do so, but need not carry out a review if a period of less than 3 months has elapsed since the beginning of the initial period of suspension.
(7) Following a review, the Welsh Ministers may—
(a)revoke the suspension; or
(b)suspend the person for another period of not more than 6 months from the expiry of the current period.
(8) The Welsh Ministers must revoke the suspension if at any time they decide that—
(a)there are no grounds to terminate a person’s appointment under regulation 8; or
(b)there are such grounds but the Welsh Ministers are not minded to terminate that person’s appointment under those provisions.