# The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Terms of Office) Regulations 1991, Regulation 2: Terms of Office


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(1) Each member of the Committee, including the person appointed as chairman:
(a) shall be appointed initially for a period, not exceeding three years, ending on the 31st December;
(b) may be re-appointed for one or more further periods of three years; and
(c) may, by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State, resign his membership.
(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Committee (including the person appointed as chairman):
(a) is incapacitated by mental or physical illness; or
(b) has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the Committee; or
(c) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member, or is unsuitable to continue as a member;
the Secretary of State may remove him from his office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1488/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-committee-on-hazardous-substances-terms-of-office-regulations-1991/regulation-2
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