SCHEDULE 1 - Members and Proce SCHEDULE 1 - Members and Procedure of Health Service Establishments Advisory Committee

Section 6(5)

1.   Chairperson of Advisory Committee

(1) One of the members is to be appointed, in the member’s instrument of appointment or a subsequent instrument executed by the Secretary, as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee.

(2) The Secretary may remove a member from the office of Chairperson.

(3) A person who is a member and Chairperson is taken to have vacated office as Chairperson if the person –

(a) is removed from that office by the Secretary under this clause; or

(b) resigns that office by instrument in writing addressed to the Secretary; or

(c) ceases to be a member.

2.   Deputies for members

(1) The Secretary may, from time to time, appoint a person to be the deputy of a member of the Advisory Committee (including the Chairperson).

(2) A person must not be appointed as a deputy of any member unless the person has the same qualifications as that member for appointment.

(3) A deputy may act in the office of the member for whom he or she is the deputy during the illness or absence of that member and, while so acting, has all the functions of the member.

(4) The Secretary may remove at any time a deputy from any office to which the deputy was appointed under this clause.

(5) A deputy while acting in the office of a member is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Secretary may from time to time determine in respect of the deputy.

(6) For the purposes of this clause, a vacancy in the office of a member is taken to be an absence of the member.

3.   Term of office

A member is to, subject to this Schedule, hold office for such term, not exceeding 3 years, as is specified in the member’s instrument of appointment, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for reappointment.