Schedules Schedule 3: Constitution etc of Office for the Internal Market panel and task groups
This Schedule sets out the constitution of the OIM panel and task groups. The Part 4 functions of the CMA may be delegated to task groups. It provides for the appointment by the Secretary of State of an OIM panel Chair, who will also be a member of the CMA Board, as well as appointments to the OIM panel.
	Paragraph 2 amends Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to provide for the appointment of the OIM panel chair (who will also be a member of the CMA board) and the OIM panel members. In making appointments, the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of securing a variety of skills, knowledge and experience and an appropriate balance of such skills on the operation of the internal market in different parts of the UK. Before making an appointment to the OIM panel (including the OIM panel chair) the Secretary of State must seek the consent of the Scottish and Welsh Ministers and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland. If consent is not given within one month of being sought the Secretary of State may make the appointments to the OIM panel but must inform the devolved administration(s) which did not give consent the reasons for the decision to proceed without consent.
	Paragraphs 3 to 7 define the length of time a person can sit on the OIM panel, as well as making provision for concurrent panel appointments, limited re-appointments and resignations.
	Part 3A inserted in Schedule 4 to the 2013 Act sets out further governance arrangements for members of the OIM panel, and the constitution and membership of the OIM task groups set up by the OIM panel Chair, to allow OIM panel members to undertake work to carry out the CMA’s functions in Part 4 of this Act.