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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
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12(1)The Welsh Ministers must appoint a person to chair the RIC (“the chair of the RIC”).
(2)The chair of the RIC holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms and conditions of the appointment.
(3)Those terms and conditions are to be determined by the Welsh Ministers, subject to the provisions of this Schedule.
(4)A person is disqualified from being the chair of the RIC if the person is—
(a)a Member of the Senedd;
(b)a member of the House of Commons;
(c)a member of the governing body of a tertiary education provider in Wales that is an institution within the further education sector;
(d)a member of the governing body of a tertiary education provider in Wales that is an institution within the higher education sector.
(5)A person who becomes disqualified ceases to hold office as the chair of the RIC.
(6)The chair of the RIC is to be appointed for a term of up to 5 years.
(7)A person who has held office as the chair of the RIC may be reappointed.
(8)The chair of the RIC may resign from office at any time by giving notice to the Welsh Ministers and to the Commission.
(9)The Commission may, with the Welsh Ministers’ approval, pay or make provision for the payment of remuneration, allowances and pension to, or in respect of, a person who is or has been the chair of the RIC.
(10)The Welsh Ministers may, by notice to the chair of the RIC, remove the chair from office if they are satisfied that the chair is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of office, or is otherwise failing to do so.
(11)The Welsh Ministers may, by notice to the chair of the RIC, suspend the chair from office if it appears to them that there may be grounds to exercise the power in sub-paragraph (10).
(12)A suspension by notice under sub-paragraph (11) has effect—
(a)for a period specified in the notice, or
(b)if no period is specified in the notice, until further notice by the Welsh Ministers to the chair.
(13)A person who ceases to hold office as the chair of the RIC also ceases to hold office as the deputy chair of the Commission.
(14)A person suspended from office as chair of the RIC is also suspended from office as the deputy chair of the Commission.
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