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Paragraph 1

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(1)

A person shall hold and vacate office as a member or the chairman in accordance with the terms of the instrument appointing him to that office.

(2)

A person may at any time resign his office as a member or the chairman by giving to the Authority a notice in writing signed by him and stating that he resigns that office.

(3)

If the Authority is satisfied that a member—

(a)

has been absent from meetings of the board for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the board ; or

(b)

has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors ; or

(c)

is incapacitated by physical or mental illness ; or

(d)

is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,

the Authority may declare his office as a member to be vacant and shall notify the declaration in such manner as it thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(4)

In the application of the preceding sub-paragraph to Scotland, for the references in paragraph (b) to a member's having become bankrupt and to a member's having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member's estate having been awarded and to a member's having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.