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Rh :(b) every individual the licensee appoints as Clinical Governance Officer is suitably qualified to act as Clinical Governance Officer at all times during the term of the individual’s appointment and the term of the licensee’s licence.

(8) Where an individual appointed as the licensee’s Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer—
 * (a) is not, or is no longer, suitable to act as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), the licensee must remove the individual from that individual’s appointment as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), and appoint another individual as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer, as the case may be; or
 * (b) for any other reason stops acting, or is unable to act, as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), the licensee must appoint another individual as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer, as the case may be.

(9) Where an individual appointed by a licensee as the licensee’s Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer fails to perform any function of a Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), the Director may, without affecting the Director’s power under section 20, issue a direction to the licensee to remove and replace that individual as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), and the licensee must comply with that direction.

(10) Different periods may be prescribed for the licensee—
 * (a) to remove an individual from that individual’s appointment as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be), and to appoint another individual as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer, under subsection (8)(a); and
 * (b) to appoint an individual as Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer (as the case may be) under