# Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, Paragraph 1: Members’ tenure

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject as follows, a judicial member of the Commission holds office for the period specified in his appointment (or re-appointment).
(1A) A person may not be appointed as a judicial member for more than five years at a time; and the aggregate period for which a person may be a judicial member by virtue of his holding any one of the judicial offices mentioned in section 3(6) must not exceed ten years.
(2) The Lord Chancellor, acting jointly, may terminate the membership of a judicial member on the recommendation of the Lord Chief Justice.
(3) A judicial member may resign by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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