Article 8 Disqualification of Commissioners

(1)

If the Commissioners are satisfied that a commissioner—

(a)

has been absent from meetings of the Commissioners for six consecutive months or more without their permission; or

(b)

has become bankrupt or has made an arrangement with creditors; or

(c)

is incapacitated by physical or mental illness from discharging the functions of a commissioner;

the Commissioners may by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Commissioners declare the office of that commissioner to be vacant.

(2)

If the Commissioners are satisfied that a commissioner—

(a)

has persistently acted in a manner calculated seriously to impede or prejudice the carrying on of the business of the Commissioners; or

(b)

is in breach of the standards required for the governance of the harbour; or

(c)

has acted in a manner inappropriate to the interests of the harbour or likely to bring the Commissioners into disrepute; or

(d)

is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a commissioner;

the Commissioners may request in writing the resignation of that commissioner or by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Commissioners declare the office of that commissioner to be vacant.

(3)

Before passing a resolution under paragraph (2) above declaring the office of a commissioner to be vacant, the Commissioners shall provide that commissioner with an opportunity to make representations to them.