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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/25",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph is about resignation or removal from the office of First Commissioner or Commissioner.\n(2) A person may resign from office by giving written notice to the Minister for the Civil Service.\n(3) Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Minister, remove a person from office if a condition in sub-paragraph (4) is met.\n(4) The conditions are that—\n(a) the person is absent from three successive meetings of the Commission without the Commission's approval;\n(b) the person is convicted of an offence (see sub-paragraph (5));\n(c) the person becomes bankrupt (see sub-paragraph (6));\n(d) the person is unfit or unable to carry out the functions of the office.\n(5) For the purpose of determining if a person is convicted of an offence—\n(a) it does not matter where the person is convicted;\n(b) an act punishable under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom constitutes an offence for the purposes of this paragraph (however it is described in that law).\n(6) A person becomes bankrupt if—\n(a) in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, a bankruptcy order is made in relation to the person, or\n(b) in Scotland, the person's estate is sequestrated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 11.11.2010 by S.I. 2010/2703, art. 2(a)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/25/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:57.057467+00:00"
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  "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."
}