{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/appointments-commission-regulations-2006/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/appointments-commission-regulations-2006/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2380",
  "legislation_title": "The Appointments Commission Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/appointments-commission-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Suspension of chairman, non-executive members and commissioners",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may suspend the chairman or a non-executive member or commissioner from office while the Secretary of State considers whether—\n(a) to remove him from office under regulation 7(2) or (8); or\n(b) the person is disqualified for appointment under regulation 5, or was so disqualified for the purposes of regulation 7(6).\n(2) The Secretary of State shall notify a person suspended under paragraph (1) of the decision to suspend him from office, and the decision shall take effect upon receipt of such notification.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a period of suspension under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 6 months.\n(4) The Secretary of State may at any time review a suspension and shall review a suspension after 3 months if so requested by the person who has been suspended.\n(5) Where the Secretary of State reviews a suspension he may—\n(a) revoke the suspension, in which case it shall cease to have effect, or\n(b) suspend the person from office for a further period of not more than 6 months from the expiry of the current period of suspension.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2380/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:22:20.524847+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}