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Paragraph 3

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The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfied—

(a)

that he has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal;

(b)

that he has been convicted of a criminal offence;

(c)

that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate had 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 carry out his functions.