# Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

(1) If the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Secretary of State, is satisfied that an appointed member—
(a) has been absent from sittings of the Appeal Tribunal for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the President of the Tribunal; or
(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or
(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or
(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member;
the Lord Chancellor may declare his office as a member to be vacant and shall notify the declaration in such manner as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.
(2) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland for the references in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a member’s having become bankrupt and to a member’s having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to a member’s estate having been sequestrated and to a member’s having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/11/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-11/paragraph-3
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