(introduced by section 4)

SCHEDULE 1WDISQUALIFICATION FROM MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD

1WThe following persons are disqualified from being members of the Board—

(a)[F1a Member of the Senedd],

(b)the Counsel General (if not [F1a Member of the Senedd]),

(c)a candidate for election as [F1a Member of the Senedd],

(d)a person whose name could, if the seat of a [F2regional Member of the Senedd] became vacant, be required to be notified to the Presiding Officer under section 11 of the Act (electoral region vacancies),

(e)a member of the European Parliament, House of Commons, F3... Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland Assembly,

(f)a member of the staff of the [F4Senedd],

(g)a member of the staff of the Welsh F5... Government,

(h)a person employed by [F1a Member of the Senedd] or by a [F6group of Members] for the purpose of assisting that member or the members of that group to perform the functions of [F1a Member of the Senedd],

(i)the Auditor General for Wales,

(j)the [F7Senedd] Commissioner for Standards,

(k)a member of the [F4Senedd] Commission Corporate Governance Committee,

(l)a person holding the appointment of Independent Adviser to the [F4Senedd] Commission,

F8(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(n)a person holding the appointment of Non-Executive Director of the Welsh F9... Government.

2WFor the purposes of paragraph 1(c) a person becomes a candidate for election as [F1a Member of the Senedd]—

(a)on the day on which that person is declared to be a candidate (whether by the person in question or by others), or

(b)on the day on which that person is nominated as a candidate at [F10a Senedd] election,

whichever is the earlier.

Textual Amendments

3WWhen determining, for the purposes of paragraph 1(d), whether the name of a person could be required to be notified to the Presiding Officer under section 11 of the Act, the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of that section are to be disregarded.