Paragraph 3 Tenure
A member of the Commission holds office in accordance with the member’s terms of appointment.
A member of the Commission may resign at any time by notice in writing to the Department.
The Department may dismiss a member of the Commission by notice in writing if satisfied that the member—
has been convicted of a criminal offence,
has become bankrupt or the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order, a debt relief order or a debt relief restrictions order, or has made a voluntary arrangement,
is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member, or
has, for a continuous period of 3 months, without reasonable excuse, failed to attend any meetings of the Commission or a committee or to carry out the functions of that member.
Each of the expressions used in sub-paragraph (3)(b) has the same meaning as in the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f1.
This paragraph applies to members of a committee as it applies to members of the Commission except that in sub-paragraph (3)(d) the reference to meetings of the Commission is omitted in the case of an external committee member.