SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Legal Services Board
Terms of appointment and tenure of members
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An ordinary member is to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms and conditions of that member's appointment (subject to this Schedule).
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1
An ordinary member must be appointed for a fixed period.
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The period for which an ordinary member is appointed must not exceed 5 years.
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A person who has held office as an ordinary member may be re-appointed, once only, for a further period (whether consecutive or not) not exceeding 5 years.
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If an ordinary member who is a lay person becomes a person within paragraphs (a) to (f) of paragraph 2(4) that person ceases to be a member of the Board.
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1
An ordinary member may at any time—
a
resign from office by giving notice to the Lord Chancellor;
b
be removed from office by the Lord Chancellor.
2
The Lord Chancellor may not under sub-paragraph (1)(b) remove an ordinary member from office unless sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies.
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This sub-paragraph applies if the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that the member—
a
has failed without reasonable excuse to discharge the functions of the office for a continuous period of at least 6 months,
b
has been convicted of an offence,
c
is an undischarged bankrupt F1or is a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), or
d
is otherwise unfit to hold the office or unable to discharge its functions.
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This sub-paragraph applies if the member is the chairman and has breached the condition imposed on his appointment by paragraph 2(3).
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Before removing any ordinary member under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the Lord Chancellor must consult—
a
the Lord Chief Justice, and
b
if the ordinary member is not the chairman, the chairman.
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The Lord Chancellor may not remove an ordinary member on the ground mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (3) more than 3 months after the end of the period mentioned in that paragraph.
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The chairman ceases to be chairman upon ceasing to be a member of the Board.
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Where a person ceases to be employed as Chief Executive, that person ceases to be a member of the Board.