Saudi Arabia - Consultative Council Membership Statute
Article 1
Membership comes into effect as of the beginning of the Council mandate,
which is fixed in the rule on the foundation of the Consultative Council
according to Article 13 of the Consultative Council Establishment Act. New
membership shall begin on the date fixed in the Royal order appointing the
new member and shall end with the termination of the Council mandate. In
case the mandate expires before a new Council has been formed, membership
shall continue until a new Council has been formed, as long as the member
concerned has not been stripped of his membership.
Article 2
A member of the Consultative Council shall receive a monthly reward of
20,000 Riyals and where allowances, bonuses, compensations, privileges and
holidays are concerned, shall be treated as an employee of grade 15
without prejudice to his pension payments.
Article 3
A full-time member who was in public employment before his appointment as
a Council member, shall retain his grade. Time spent in public duty shall
count towards seasonal salary increases, promotion and retirement. During
his membership a member shall pay pension contributions according to his
original employment. Combining the rewards and privileges of Council
membership and job salary and privileges is not permitted. If the job
salary exceeds membership rewards, the Council shall make up the
difference. Where there are more privileges attached to the job than to
Council membership, the member shall continue to receive them.
Article 4
In exception of Article 2, a member of the Council shall be granted a 45
day annual leave. The chairman of the Council shall determine when a
member is granted this leave . When granting leaves or leave of absence,
it should be taken into account that this does not effect the quorum
required for the convening of the Council session.
Article 5
A member of the Council should be totally neutral and objective in all the
functions he carries out inside the Council, and should refrain from
raising before the Council any subject relating to a private interest or
that contravenes the public interest.
Article 6
A member of the Council should attend the sessions of the Council and its
committees regularly . When an emergency prevents a member from attending
a session, he should inform the chairman of the Council or committee in
writing. A member should not leave a session of the Council or a meeting
of a committee before its end except with the permission of the chairman
of the Council or the chairman of the committee as appropriate.