Common use of Appointed Members Clause in Contracts

Appointed Members. 3. 10 The Authorities shall each nominate an elected member to be a Member of the Panel, and in the case of the City of York, two Members shall be nominated. If a nominated Member agrees to the appointment the Authority may appoint the Member as a Member of the Panel. 3. 11 In the event that an Authority does not appoint a Member or Members in accordance with these requirements, the Secretary of State must appoint a Member to the panel from the defaulting authority in accordance with the provisions in the Act. 3. 12 With a view to ensuring continuity of membership as far as possible, an appointed Member shall be a Member of the Panel for four years unless s/he ceases to be an elected Member, or is removed by their Authority. 3. 13 An Authority may decide in accordance with their procedures to remove their appointed Member from the Panel at any point and on doing so shall give notice to (INSERT DETAILS). 3. 14 An appointed Member may resign from the Panel by giving written notice to the Lead Authority on behalf of the Panel at (INSERT CONTACT DETAIL) and to their Authority at (INSERT CONTACT DETAIL). 3. 15 In the event that any appointed Member resigns from the Panel, or is removed from the Panel by an Authority, the Authority shall immediately take steps to nominate and appoint an alternative Member to the Panel. 3. 16 Members appointed to the Panel may be re-appointed to the Panel for a further term of four years provided that the balanced appointment objective is met by that re-appointment. 3. 17 Co-opted Members 3. 18 The following may not be co-opted Members of the Panel: a) the PCC for the Police Area. b) a member of staff of the PCC for the area. c) a member of the civilian staff of the Police Force for the area. d) a Member of Parliament. e) a Member of the National Assembly for Wales. f) a Member of the Scottish Parliament. g) a Member of the European Parliament. 3. 19 An elected member of any of the Authorities may not be a co-opted Member of the Panel where the number of co-opted Members is two. 3. 20 If the Panel has three or more co-opted Members an elected member of any of the Authorities may be a co-opted Member of the Panel provided that at least two of the other co-opted Members are not elected members of any of the Authorities. 3. 21 A co-opted Member shall be a Member of the Panel for four years. 3. 22 The Panel shall put in place arrangements to ensure that appointments of co-opted Members are undertaken following public advertisement in accordance with the following principles: a) The appointment will be made on merit of candidates whose skills, experience and qualities are considered best to ensure the effective functioning of the Panel; b) The selection process must be fair, objective, impartial and consistently applied to all candidates who will be assessed against the same pre determined criteria; and, c) The selection process will be conducted transparently with information about the requirements for the appointment and the process being publicly advertised and made available with a view to attracting a strong and diverse field of suitable candidates. 3. 23 A co-opted Member of the Panel may resign from the Panel by giving written notice to the Lead Authority on behalf of the Panel at (INSERT DETAILS). 3. 24 The Panel must from time to time decide whether the Panel should exercise its power to change the number of co-opted Members of the Panel to enable the balanced appointment objective to be met, or be more effectively met, and if so, it must exercise that power accordingly. 3. 25 The Panel may decide to terminate the appointment of a co-opted Member of the Panel if at least two-thirds of the persons who are Members of the Panel at the time when the decision is made vote in favour of making that decision at any time for the reasons set out below and on doing so shall give written notice to the co-opted Member: a) if the co-opted Member has been absent from the Panel for more than three months without the consent of the Panel; b) if the co-opted Member has been convicted of a criminal offence but not automatically disqualified; c) if the co-opted Member is deemed to be incapacitated by physical or mental illness or is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his or her functions as a co-opted Member of the Panel; or, d) if the co-opted Member’s membership of the Panel no longer achieves the meeting of the balanced appointment objective. 3. 26 In the event that a co-opted Member resigns from the Panel or is removed from the Panel following a decision of the Panel, the Panel shall ensure that at least two independent co-opted Members remain appointed to the Panel, and in the absence of two such Members shall make arrangements to ensure that two co-opted Members are appointed. 3. 27 Co-opted Members appointed to the Panel may be re-appointed for a further term of four years provided that the balanced appointment objective is met by that re-appointment.