# The Climate Change (Just Transition Commission) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026, Paragraph 3: Tenure


(1) A member of the Commission holds office in accordance with the member’s terms of appointment.
(2) A member of the Commission may resign at any time by notice in writing to the Department.
(3) The Department may dismiss a member of the Commission by notice in writing if satisfied that the member—
(a) has been convicted of a criminal offence,
(b) 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,
(c) is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member, or
(d) 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.
(4) Each of the expressions used in sub-paragraph (3)(b) has the same meaning as in the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.
(5) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2026/9780338026194/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-climate-change-just-transition-commission-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/schedule/paragraph-3
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