Fair Trading Act 1973

PART IStatus, Terms of Office, and Staff

Status of Commission

1Members of the Commission in their capacity as such shall not be regarded as servants or agents of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.

Tenure of office of regular members

2(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a regular member of the Commission shall hold and vacate office as such in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(2)A person shall not be appointed to be a regular member of the Commission for a term exceeding five years ; but previous membership shall not affect eligibility for re-appohitment.

(3)A regular member of the Commission may at any time resign his membership by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.

(4)The Secretary of State may remove a regular member of the Commission on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

Appointment and tenure of office of chairman and deputy chairmen

3(1)There shall be a chairman of the Commission appointed from among the regular members by the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may appoint not more than three other regular members to be deputy chairmen.

(2)The chairman or a deputy chairman may at any time resign his office as such by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.

(3)The Secretary of State may remove a chairman or deputy chairman of the Commission on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

(4)If the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Commission ceases to be a regular member of the Commission, he shall also cease to be chairman or, as the case may be, a deputy chairman.

Staff

4The Commission shall have a secretary, who shall be a person appointed by the Commission with the approval of the Secretary of State.

5The Commission may appoint such other staff as the Commissionthinkfit, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State and of the Minister for the Civil Service as to numbers and as to terms and conditions of service.

Remuneration and allowances

6There shall be paid to the members of the Commission such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, as in the case of any of those members the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.

7There shall be paid to the staff of the Commission such remuneration, and such travelling and other allowances, as the Commission may determine with the approval of the Secretary of State and of the Minister for the Civil Service.

General provisions as to sums payable on retirement or death of members

8As regards any member of the Commission in whose case the Secretary of State may so determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service, the Secretary of State shall pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of him, or make such payments towards the provision of such a pension, allowance or gratuity, as may be so determined.

9If, when any person ceases to be a member of the Commission, it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right that he should receive compensation, the Secretary of State may pay him a sum by way of compensation of such amount as he may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.