56.—(1) Section 20 of the Act of 1999 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), by the substitution of “12” for “20”,

(b) in subsection (3)(b)(i), by the substitution of “5” for “9” in each place where it occurs.

(2) Section 21 of the Act of 1999 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “such remuneration (if any) and” after “and shall be paid”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, on the occasion of the Minister's first appointing members of the Authority after the commencement of section 56 of the Disability Act 2005, appoint a person who has served not more than 2 consecutive terms as a member of the Authority, to be a member of the Authority.”.

(3) Section 23 of the Act of 1999 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Authority shall be 7.”.