1Director General of Fair Trading
(1)The Secretary of State shall appoint an officer to be known as the Director General of Fair Trading (in this Act referred to as " the Director ") for the purpose of performing the functions assigned or transferred to the Director by or under this Act.
(2)An appointment of a person to hold office as the Director shall not be for a term exceeding five years; but previous appointment to that office shall not affect eligibility for re-appointment.
(3)The Director may at any time resign his office as the Director by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State ; and the Secretary of State may remove any person from that once on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
(4)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the Director shall hold and vacate office as such in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(5)The Director may appoint such staff as he may think fit, subject to the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service as to numbers and as to terms and conditions of service.
(6)The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Director.