Regulation 9 Suspension of members

Paragraph (2) applies where the chair is suspended from office as a member of the Commission^f1.

The Secretary of State must suspend the chair from office as chair, for the duration of that suspension, by giving the chair notice in writing.

Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where it appears to the chair in relation to another member that one of the conditions in regulation 8(5) is or may be satisfied.

The chair may suspend the member from office by giving that member notice in writing.

The chair may, by giving that member notice in writing—

Where the chair suspends a member under this regulation, the chair may, on application by the suspended member or otherwise, remove a suspension before the period referred to in paragraph (8) has expired, or reduce its period.

Where the chair removes, or reduces the period of, suspension under paragraph (6), the chair must notify the member in writing to that effect.

A notice given under paragraph (2) or (4) must give the reason for, and the period of, the suspension and the date that it is to begin.

The chair or other member must cease to perform functions as the chair or member for the period of the suspension but the period of the chair or member’s term of office is not affected by the suspension.