# Criminal Appeal Act 1995, Paragraph 2


(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2) An appointment as a member of the Commission may be full-time or part-time.
(3) The appointment of a person as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, shall be for a fixed period of not longer than five years.
(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), a person whose term of appointment as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, expires shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(5) No person may hold office as a member of the Commission for a continuous period which is longer than ten years.
(6) A person may at any time resign his office as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, by notice in writing addressed to Her Majesty.
(7) Her Majesty may at any time remove a person from office as a member of the Commission if satisfied—
(a) that he has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge his functions as a member for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before that time,
(b) that he has been convicted of a criminal offence,
(c) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate has been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or
(d) that he is unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member.
(8) If the chairman of the Commission ceases to be a member of the Commission he shall also cease to be chairman.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/35/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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