{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-boards-appointments-and-procedure-regulations-2004/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-boards-appointments-and-procedure-regulations-2004/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1193",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Boards (Appointments and Procedure) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-boards-appointments-and-procedure-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Resignation, suspension or removal of members of courts boards",
  "text": "(1) A member of a courts board may resign his office at any time by giving notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) The Lord Chancellor may by giving notice in writing suspend or remove from office a member of a courts board on one of the following grounds—\n(a) that he has been charged with or convicted of a criminal offence either—\n(i) in respect of conduct which is alleged to have taken place since his appointment, or\n(ii) which was not disclosed, or is in respect of conduct which was not disclosed, in response to any relevant request made by the Lord Chancellor before his appointment;\n(b) that he has failed to attend courts board meetings for a continuous period of six months without the prior approval of the board;\n(c) that he is unable or unfit to carry out his functions as a member of a courts board;\n(d) that he has otherwise failed to carry out his functions as a member of a courts board or acted in a manner incompatible with his membership.\n(3) Where the Lord Chancellor gives notice in writing suspending or removing a member from office, that member’s term of office shall be suspended or cease, as the case may be, from the date on which the notice is given by the Lord Chancellor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1016",
      "affecting_title": "The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1193/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:27:00.814209+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}