Commentary on provisions of Act Schedule: Constitution of Farriers Registration Council New Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the FRA: Constitution
Membership
	Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 provides and lists the membership of the FRC.
	Sub-paragraph (2) gives the names of the appointing bodies that are able to appoint one lay person as a member of the FRC.
	Sub-paragraph (3) makes provision about the FRC scheme under which four farriers are to be appointed. The scheme may provide for elections to be held to choose those who are to be appointed.
	Sub-paragraph (4) requires that the FRC must consider the need for the FRC to represent all parts of Great Britain when setting up, amending or replacing any election process for appointing four registered farriers.
	Sub-paragraph (5) provides the definition for the meaning of "lay person" within the Act.
	Term of office
	Paragraph 2 (1) of Schedule 1 provides that this Act will restrict members of the FRC to a term of no more than 4 years.
	Paragraph 2 (2) of Schedule 1 provides that this Act will restrict members of the FRC to serving no more than two terms of office (i.e. they may be appointed and then reappointed only once).
	Paragraph 2 (3) of Schedule 1 provides that members of the FRC may resign at any time by giving notice to the FRC registrar.
	Paragraph 2 (4) of Schedule 1 provides that members whose conduct falls below, or is in breach, of the conditions about fitness determined by the FRC may be removed.
	Paragraph 2 (5) of Schedule 1 provides and requires that the procedures for removing a member of FRC are to be determined by the FRC.
	Casual vacancies
	Paragraph 3 (1) of Schedule 1 concerns the requirement that, when a FRC position becomes vacant outside of the normal appointment cycle, that position must be filled and cannot be 'left open'.
	Paragraph 3 (2) of Schedule 1 sets out a requirement that, as far as possible, any FRC position that becomes vacant during the appointment cycle should be filled at the same time that the position becomes vacant.
	Paragraph 3 (3) of Schedule 1 sets out a provision that FRC members who are appointed outside of the appointment cycle will fit back into the appointment cycle of the original position. Therefore, their appointment cycle and time of re-appointment will be the same as that for the other FRC members and, as if, the position had never been vacated or temporarily filled.
	Paragraph 3 (4) of Schedule 1 sets out that, if a FRC position is filled outside of the normal appointment cycle, that appointment will not count towards that FRC member's number of appointments to the FRC.
	Procedure
	Paragraph 4 (1) of Schedule 1 provides that the quorum for a FRC meeting is seven (7), unless a different number is chosen by the FRC itself.
	Paragraph 4 (2) of Schedule 1 requires that the FRC must elect one of its members to act as a chair of the FRC.
	Paragraph 4 (3) of Schedule 1 provides that the FRC may make the rules governing its meetings and procedures itself.
	Paragraph 4 (4) of Schedule 1 provides that the FRC may make rules and procedures to deal with absences of its Chair. This sub-paragraph specifies that it may make the rules governing the procedures for a member of the FRC to act as Chair of the FRC in the rightfully appointed Chair's absence as well as the rules governing for a member acting as Chair, in the absence of the rightfully appointed Chair, to have an additional casting vote.
	Validity of acts
	Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 makes provision to confirm that anything done by the FRC will not be affected by either a vacancy within the FRC itself or as a result of a defect in the procedures followed in the appointment or the election of any member of the FRC.