{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1039",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Head of the Department may at any time remove a person from office as chairman, deputy chairman or member of the Executive if satisfied that—\n(a) he has been absent from meetings of the Executive for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the Executive; or\n(b) he has been convicted of a criminal offence; or\n(c) he has become bankrupt or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or a debt relief order has been made in respect of him or he is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order or made an arrangement with his creditors; or\n(d) he is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or\n(e) he is otherwise unable or unfit to perform his duties.\n(2) If the chairman or deputy chairman ceases to be a member of the Executive he shall also cease to be chairman or, as the case may be, deputy chairman.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 NI 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(c) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 2, Sch. para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(1)(c) inserted (7.3.2016) by The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/108), art. 1, Sch. para. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1039/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:10.667484+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."
}