Section 20F – Board membership
23.Section 20F sets out who will be a member of the Board. In summary, the Board must consist of –
a Chair, who must be a member of the Commission appointed under section 4 of the 2013 Act and have previous experience as a returning officer or electoral registration officer. The Welsh Ministers will decide on their terms and conditions;
one other member of the Commission appointed under section 4 of the 2013 Act, whose terms and conditions will also be decided by the Welsh Ministers;
at least four other members, who must be current or former returning officers or electoral registration officers (defined by section 20F(9) as “elections officers”).
24.Subsection (4) requires the Board to choose one of these members who are current or former elections officers to be the deputy chair of the Board. Subsection (8) sets out the persons who must not be a member of the Board appointed under subsection (1)(c).
