Government of Wales Act 2006
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30B Lay members of the Standards of Conduct Committee etc.
(1) Standing orders may not provide for there to be more lay members of the Standards of Conduct Committee (“the Committee”) than members who are Members of the Senedd. (2) Lay members must be appointed by resolution of Senedd Cymru. (3) A motion for a resolution under subsection (2) may only be tabled with the consent of the Presiding Officer and in accordance with any provision made by standing orders. (4) The person who is the subject of the motion must have been selected on merit on the basis of fair and open competition in accordance with arrangements made by standing orders. (5) An appointment of a lay member is to be— (a) for a fixed term not exceeding 6 years, which may end after the expected date of the next ordinary general election of the Senedd; (b) on such other terms and conditions as may be made under arrangements made by standing orders. (6) If provision is made in standing orders for a sub-committee of the kind described in section 30A(6)(c), at least one person appointed as a lay member is to be legally qualified; but this does not require each sub-committee of that kind to include a legally qualified person. (7) A person is legally qualified for the purposes of subsection (6) if the person has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71(3)(c) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41). (8) A person is disqualified from appointment as a lay member if that person— (a) holds an office specified in subsection (9), or (b) has at any time held an office that is specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) of subsection (9). (9) The offices are— (a) Member of the Senedd; (b) member of the House of Commons; (c) member of the House of Lords; (d) member of the Scottish Parliament; (e) member of the Northern Ireland Assembly; (f) Counsel General, where the person holding the office is not also a Member of the Senedd; (g) police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales or England; (h) member of the council of a county or county borough in Wales; (i) member of the council of a community in Wales; (j) the disqualifying offices in the second column of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1A, except the judicial offices. (10) A person may not be appointed to serve more than 2 terms of office as a lay member (whether or not the terms of office are consecutive). (11) A person who is a lay member ceases to be a lay member if the person— (a) is a candidate in a Senedd general election when the period for notice of withdrawal of candidature ends and has not given such notice before the end of the period, or (b) becomes disqualified from appointment as a lay member under subsection (8). (12) A lay member— (a) may resign by giving notice to the Committee; (b) may be removed by resolution of the Senedd, if the number of votes cast in favour of the resolution is not less than two thirds of the total number of votes cast. (13) A motion for a resolution under subsection (12)(b) may only be tabled with the consent of the Presiding Officer and in accordance with any provision made by standing orders. (14) Standing orders must make provision for the investigation and adjudication of complaints about misconduct by lay members. (15) The Senedd Commission may pay to lay members such remuneration and allowances as the Commission may determine. (16) In this section “lay member” includes— (a) a lay member of the Committee, and (b) a lay member of a sub-committee of the Committee who is not a member of the Committee.
30B Lay members of the Standards of Conduct Committee etc.
(1) Standing orders may not provide for there to be more lay members of the Standards of Conduct Committee (“the Committee”) than members who are Members of the Senedd. (2) Lay members must be appointed by resolution of Senedd Cymru. (3) A motion for a resolution under subsection (2) may only be tabled with the consent of the Presiding Officer and in accordance with any provision made by standing orders. (4) The person who is the subject of the motion must have been selected on merit on the basis of fair and open competition in accordance with arrangements made by standing orders. (5) An appointment of a lay member is to be— (a) for a fixed term not exceeding 6 years, which may end after the expected date of the next ordinary general election of the Senedd; (b) on such other terms and conditions as may be made under arrangements made by standing orders. (6) If provision is made in standing orders for a sub-committee of the kind described in section 30A(6)(c), at least one person appointed as a lay member is to be legally qualified; but this does not require each sub-committee of that kind to include a legally qualified person. (7) A person is legally qualified for the purposes of subsection (6) if the person has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71(3)(c) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41). (8) A person is disqualified from appointment as a lay member if that person— (a) holds an office specified in subsection (9), or (b) has at any time held an office that is specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) of subsection (9). (9) The offices are— (a) Member of the Senedd; (b) member of the House of Commons; (c) member of the House of Lords; (d) member of the Scottish Parliament; (e) member of the Northern Ireland Assembly; (f) Counsel General, where the person holding the office is not also a Member of the Senedd; (g) police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales or England; (h) member of the council of a county or county borough in Wales; (i) member of the council of a community in Wales; (j) the disqualifying offices in the second column of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1A, except the judicial offices. (10) A person may not be appointed to serve more than 2 terms of office as a lay member (whether or not the terms of office are consecutive). (11) A person who is a lay member ceases to be a lay member if the person— (a) is a candidate in a Senedd general election when the period for notice of withdrawal of candidature ends and has not given such notice before the end of the period, or (b) becomes disqualified from appointment as a lay member under subsection (8). (12) A lay member— (a) may resign by giving notice to the Committee; (b) may be removed by resolution of the Senedd, if the number of votes cast in favour of the resolution is not less than two thirds of the total number of votes cast. (13) A motion for a resolution under subsection (12)(b) may only be tabled with the consent of the Presiding Officer and in accordance with any provision made by standing orders. (14) Standing orders must make provision for the investigation and adjudication of complaints about misconduct by lay members. (15) The Senedd Commission may pay to lay members such remuneration and allowances as the Commission may determine. (16) In this section “lay member” includes— (a) a lay member of the Committee, and (b) a lay member of a sub-committee of the Committee who is not a member of the Committee.
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