{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/25",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An appointment of a person to hold office as a member of the Commission must be for a term of no more than 3 years.\n(2) A person holding office as a member of the Commission—\n(a) may resign that office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State, and\n(b) may be removed from office by the Secretary of State on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.\n(3) Before removing a member of the Commission the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the Commission, and\n(b) if the member was appointed following consultation with the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers.\n(4) No person may hold office as a member of the Commission for more than 10 years in total.\n(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), time spent holding office as a Charity Commissioner for England and Wales counts as time spent holding office as a member of the Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(a) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(oo) (with art. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(oo) (with art. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 25(2)(oo) (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:07.149597+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."
}