Non-executive members: terms of office
542.Paragraph 3 makes provision about the terms of appointment and tenure of office of non-executive members of the Board of HEE. Sub-paragraph (2) provides that non-executive appointments will be for a maximum period of four years. Sub-paragraph (3) confirms that non-executive members can be reappointed after they have ceased to be a member or at the end of the four year term of office. Sub-paragraph (4) provides that persons appointed to non-executive roles may resign from office by giving notice to the Secretary of State. Sub-paragraph (5) gives the Secretary of State a power to remove any person from a non-executive appointment on the grounds of incapacity, misbehaviour, or failure to carry out their duties properly. Sub-paragraph (6) permits the Secretary of State to suspend a person from a non-executive role for any of the reasons set out in sub-paragraph (5).