Commissioners’ tenureN.I.
1(1)Subject as follows, a Commissioner holds office for the period specified in his appointment (or re-appointment).
(2)A person may not be appointed as a Commissioner for more than five years at a time.
(3)A Commissioner may resign by notice in writing to the [F1Department of Justice].
(4)The [F1Department of Justice] may dismiss a Commissioner if satisfied that—
(a)he has without reasonable excuse failed to exercise his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal,
(b)he has been convicted of a criminal offence,
(c)a bankruptcy order has been made against him [F2or he has become the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order] [F3or a debt relief order has been made in respect of him or he is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order], or his estate has been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or
(d)he is otherwise unable or unfit to exercise his functions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 9 para. 1(3)(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(2) (with arts. 28-31)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 1(4)(c) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 1, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 12(6)