# Coal Industry Act 1994, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a member of the Authority shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2) Any appointment of a person as a member of the Authority shall be for a term not exceeding five years, but a person who ceases to be such a member at the end of any such term shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3) A member of the Authority may at any time by notice to the Secretary of State resign his office.
(4) The Secretary of State may remove a member of the Authority if he is satisfied—
(a) that that member has been absent from meetings of the Authority for a period of more than three consecutive months without the permission of the Authority;
(b) that that member has been made bankrupt, that his estate has been sequestrated , that a debt relief order has been made in respect of him or that he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or
(c) that that member is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/21/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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