Textual Amendments
11(1)In this paragraph “the appropriate authority” means—U.K.
(a)in relation to the chair, the House Commissions, and
(b)in relation to any other member, the chair.
(2)A member of the Sponsor Body may resign by giving notice in writing to the appropriate authority.
(3)The appropriate authority may without notice suspend a member of the Sponsor Body from office if it appears to the appropriate authority that the member—
(a)has failed without reasonable excuse to carry out the member's functions, or
(b)is unable or unfit to carry out the member's functions.
(4)The period of suspension must not exceed 3 months.
(5)The appropriate authority must review the suspension before the expiry of the period of suspension.
(6)Following a review, the appropriate authority may—
(a)revoke the suspension, or
(b)decide that the member should be removed from office.
(7)A decision under sub-paragraph (6)(b) does not have effect unless it is confirmed—
(a)in the case of an external member, by a resolution of each House of Parliament, or
(b)in the case of a Parliamentary member, by a resolution of the House of Parliament from which the member is drawn.
12(1)A Parliamentary member ceases to be a member of the Sponsor Body if—U.K.
(a)the member ceases to be a member of the relevant House (but see sub-paragraph (4)),
(b)the relevant House orders the suspension of the member from the service of that House for a specified period of the requisite length,
(c)the member becomes—
(i)a member of either of the House Commissions, or
(ii)a Minister of the Crown,
(d)the member becomes a director of the Delivery Authority (other than a director within paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 2), or
(e)in the case of a Lords member, the member is granted leave of absence in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) a specified period is “of the requisite length” if—
(a)where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, it is a period of at least 10 sitting days, or
(b)in any other case, the period (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) it does not matter—
(a)when the period of suspension starts, and
(b)where that period is expressed as a number of sitting days, what provision (if any) is made by the relevant House regarding what does, or does not, count as a sitting day for the purpose of calculating that period.
(4)Where a Commons member ceases to be a member of the House of Commons on the dissolution of Parliament prior to a Parliamentary general election—
(a)sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply, and
(b)unless the person is re-elected to the House of Commons at the election (and subject to the earlier expiry of the person's term of appointment), the person ceases to be a member of the Sponsor Body—
(i)on the appointment of a new Parliamentary member in the person's place, or
(ii)if no new Parliamentary member is appointed, at the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the person ceases to be a member of the House of Commons.
(5)For the purposes of this Schedule (other than this paragraph), a person is to be treated as a member of the House of Commons for any period during which—
(a)the person continues to be a member of the Sponsor Body as a result of sub-paragraph (4)(a), and
(b)is not a member of the House of Commons.
(6)In this paragraph—
“Commons member” and “Lords member” mean a person who is a Parliamentary member by virtue of being a member of the House of Commons or the House of Lords (as the case may be);
“the relevant House”, in relation to a Parliamentary member, means the House of Parliament from which the member is drawn.
13U.K.An external member ceases to be a member of the Sponsor Body on becoming—
(a)a member of either House of Parliament,
(b)a Minister of the Crown,
(c)a member of either of the House Commissions, or
(d)a director of the Delivery Authority (other than a director within paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 2).]