# Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Paragraph 15

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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 or 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/12/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-15
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