(1) The Minister must appoint a chair of the therapeutic support panel.
(2) The appointment of the chair is in addition to the appointments made under section 501E.
(3) The Minister must not appoint someone unless satisfied that the person—
(a) has the expertise or experience to be the chair of the panel; and
(b) is otherwise suitable to be the chair.
(4) In considering whether someone is suitable to be a chair of the panel, the Minister—
(a) must consider relevant information of the kind mentioned in section 65 (1), definition of "suitability information", paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) about the person; and
(b) may consider other suitability information about the person.
(5) The appointment of the chair is for not longer than 5 years.
(6) The conditions of appointment of the chair are the conditions stated in the appointment, subject to any determination under the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995
.