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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-complaints-and-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/14",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-complaints-and-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member of the Bar Complaints Committee shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member's appointment.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed as a member for more than 5 years at a time, and a person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person in whose place that person is appointed.\n(3) A person who ceases to be a member on the expiration of that person's first term as a member shall be eligible for re-appointment, but a person who has been re-appointed as a member by virtue of this sub-paragraph shall not be eligible for appointment or re-appointment as a member at any time after the end of that person's second term as a member.\n(4) A member may at any time—\n(a) resign by giving notice to the Benchers;\n(b) be removed from office by the Benchers.\n(5) The Benchers may not under sub-paragraph (4)(b) remove a member (including the chair) from office unless the Benchers are satisfied that the member has—\n(a) failed to handle complaints in accordance with a plan submitted to the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner under section 2(1)(g);\n(b) failed to comply with any recommendation made by the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner in relation to the handling of complaints;\n(c) been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(d) become bankrupt or a composition or scheme proposed by the member has been approved under Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;\n(e) without reasonable excuse failed to exercise that member's functions for a continuous period of 6 months;\n(f) become unfit or unable to exercise that member's functions.\n(6) The chair may only be removed from office under sub-paragraph (4)(b) with the consent of the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner.\n(7) The Benchers must consult the chair and the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner before removing a member (other than the chair) under sub-paragraph (4)(b).\n(8) A member (including the chair) may only be removed from office under sub-paragraph (4)(b) for a reason mentioned in sub-paragraph (5)(a) or (b) with the consent of the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation at 1.9.2025 by S.R. 2025/143, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/14/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:57.957994+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."
}