Clause 4

by deleting “10” in subsection (1)(c) and substituting the words “at least 5 and not more than 12”;

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) A person appointed by the Minister as a member of the Board under subsection (1)(c) holds office for the period and on the terms determined by the Minister for that person, unless the person’s appointment is earlier revoked by the Minister under subsection (7) or the person resigns during the person’s period of office.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “member of the Board” in subsection (3), the words “who is not the Chairperson or the Chief Executive,”; and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(4) The Deputy Chairperson has and may exercise all the functions and powers of the Chairperson in relation to a matter if —

the Chairperson is unavailable; or

the Chairperson is interested (within the meaning given by Part 4 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018) in the matter.(4A) The Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson presiding at a meeting of the Board has an original as well as a casting vote.”.