# The Agriculture (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Paragraph 3


(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2) A person shall not be appointed as a member for more than five years at a time.
(3) A person may at any time resign his office as a member by notice in writing to the Department.
(4) A person appointed as chairman or deputy chairman of the Institute—
(a) shall hold and vacate that office in accordance with the terms of his appointment;
(b) may resign that office by notice in writing to the Department; and
(c) shall cease to hold that office if he ceases to be a member.
(5) The Department may by notice in writing remove a person from office as a member or as chairman or deputy chairman of the Institute.
(6) A person who ceases (otherwise than by virtue of sub-paragraph (5)) to be a member or to be the chairman or deputy chairman of the Institute shall be eligible for re-appointment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491653/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-agriculture-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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