6.—(1) A chairperson is to be appointed by a constituent authority for a term of office, not to exceed three years (an “appointing period”).
(2) The constituent authorities must agree whether the chairperson will be appointed by the Health Board or by one of the local authorities in the first appointing period.
(3) In the second appointing period—
(a)if the chairperson appointed under paragraph (2) was appointed by the Health Board, the chairperson must be appointed by one of the local authorities;
(b)If the chairperson appointed under paragraph (2) was appointed by one of the local authorities, the chairperson must be appointed by the Health Board.
(4) The appointment of the chairperson is to alternate between the Health Board and a local authority, so that in each second alternating appointing period the chairperson is appointed by the Health Board.
(5) The Health Board, or as the case may be, a local authority, which is not entitled to appoint the chairperson in respect of an appointing period must appoint the vice-chairperson of the integration joint board in respect of that period.
(6) A constituent authority may change the person appointed by that authority as chairperson or vice-chairperson during an appointing period.
(7) A local authority may only appoint as chairperson or vice-chairperson a member of the integration joint board nominated by it in accordance with article 5(2)(a).
(8) The Health Board may only appoint as chairperson or vice-chairperson a member of the integration joint board nominated by it in accordance with article 5(2)(b) who is a non-executive director of the Health Board.