SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Advanced Research and Invention Agency
I1I26Non-executive members: tenure
1
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a person holds and vacates office as a non-executive member of ARIA in accordance with that person’s terms of appointment.
2
A person may resign from office as a non-executive member by notifying the Secretary of State.
3
The Secretary of State may remove a person from office as a non-executive member on any of the following grounds—
a
absence from ARIA’s meetings for a continuous period of more than six months without ARIA’s permission,
b
inability or unfitness to carry out the functions of the office, or
c
such other grounds as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
4
A person ceases to be a non-executive member of ARIA upon becoming a member of ARIA’s staff.
5
Nothing in this paragraph applies to the Government Chief Scientific Adviser.