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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner—\n(a) is to hold office for a term not exceeding five years; but\n(b) may resign at any time by notice in writing given to the Secretary of State.\n(2) The Secretary of State may dismiss the Commissioner—\n(a) on the ground of incapacity or misconduct; or\n(b) if he is satisfied—\n(i) that he has been convicted of a criminal offence; or\n(ii) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate has been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors.\n(3) The Commissioner is eligible for re-appointment when his term of office ends.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 12(1)(a) substituted (2.12.2025) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), s. 65(3)(e), Sch. 1 para. 16"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}