Paragraph 3
Northern Ireland
The F1Department of Justice may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfied
that the Commissioner has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out any functions for a continuous period of 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the day of dismissal;
that the Commissioner has been convicted of a criminal offence;
that a bankruptcy order has been made against the Commissioner, or the Commissioner's estate had been sequestrated, or the Commissioner has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, the Commissioner's creditors; or
that the Commissioner is unable or unfit to carry out any functions of a Commissioner.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 31(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)