{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A Commissioner shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment (subject to this Schedule).\n(2) The appointment of a Commissioner must be expressed to be for a specified period of not less than two years or more than five years.\n(3) A Commissioner whose period of membership has expired may be re-appointed.\n(4) A Commissioner may resign by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.\n(5) The Secretary of State may dismiss a Commissioner who is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable, unfit or unwilling to perform his functions.\n(6) This paragraph does not apply to the chief executive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (18.8.2010) by Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1839), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(2)(o)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:16.673281+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}