Paragraph 15

United Kingdom

(1)

A Commissioner may at any time—

(a)

resign his office by notice in writing addressed to Her Majesty;

(b)

be removed from office by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.

(2)

The Lord Chancellor may not under sub-paragraph (1) recommend that a Commissioner be removed from office unless he is satisfied that the Commissioner—

(a)

has failed without reasonable excuse to discharge the functions of his office for a continuous period of at least six months,

(b)

has been convicted of an offence,

(c)

is an undischarged bankrupt F1or a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), or

(d)

is otherwise unfit to hold his office or unable to discharge its functions.

(3)

A recommendation on the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) may not be made more than 3 months after the end of the period mentioned there.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 12 para. 15(2)(c) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 52(2) (with art. 5)