SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9United Kingdom Research and Innovation

5Terms of appointment and tenure

1

This paragraph applies to a person (a “Ministerial appointee”) appointed as—

a

a member of UKRI,

b

an executive chair, or

c

an ordinary Council member where the appointment was made by the Secretary of State.

2

The terms and conditions of a Ministerial appointee’s appointment are to be determined by the Secretary of State; but that is subject to the following provisions of this Schedule.

3

A Ministerial appointee may resign from office as a member of UKRI, executive chair or an ordinary Council member by notifying the Secretary of State.

4

The Secretary of State may remove a Ministerial appointee from office on any of the following grounds—

a

absence from UKRI’s or the Council’s meetings, as the case may be, for a continuous period of more than six months without UKRI’s or the Council’s permission,

b

inability or unfitness to carry out the functions of the office, or

c

such other grounds as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.