The National Health Service Joint Commissioning Committee (Wales) Regulations 2024

Dismissal from health service body

4.—(1) The person has been dismissed as a member, otherwise than by reason of redundancy, or non-renewal of a fixed term contract, from paid employment with a health service body.

(2) A person who is disqualified under sub-paragraph (1) may, after the expiry of two years from the date of dismissal, apply in writing to the Welsh Ministers to have that disqualification removed.

(3) Where the Welsh Ministers have directed that a disqualification is to be removed under sub-paragraph (2), the person is no longer disqualified for the purpose of this Schedule.

(4) If the Welsh Ministers refuse a person’s application under sub-paragraph (2), no further application may be made by the person before the expiry of the period of two years beginning with the date of the person’s last application.

(5) For the purpose of this paragraph, a person is not to be treated as having been in paid employment by reason only of having been—

(a) in the case of a health service body which is not an NHS Trust or an NHS Foundation Trust (other than an Integrated Care Board), the chair, vice-chair or a non-officer member of the body,

(b) in the case of an NHS Trust, the chair, vice-chair or a non-executive director of the trust,

(c) in the case of an NHS Foundation Trust, the chair, a governor or a non-executive director of the trust, or

(d) in the case of an Integrated Care Board, the chair or a non-executive director of the board.

(6) In sub-paragraph (5)(a), “non-officer member” means a member of a health service body who is not employed by the body.