Paragraph 5

England and Wales

If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of a funding authority—

(a)

has been absent from meetings of the authority for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the authority, or

(b)

is unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,

the Secretary of State may, by notice in writing to that member, remove him from office and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

Notes on Schedule 2

F1: Sch. 2 repealed (1.11.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 185, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(2), Sch. 2