# The Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002, Regulation 5: Terms of membership


(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, the terms of appointment of a member of a local access forum shall be determined by the appointing authority and notified to him in writing.
(2) A member of a local access forum shall be appointed for not less than one and not more than three years.
(3) A member of a local access forum may resign by notice in writing to the appointing authority which appointed him.
(4) An appointing authority—
(a) shall terminate the appointment of a member of a local access forum if they are satisfied that he has become a member of a district or county council or National Park authority and, as a result, regulation 4(2) is not complied with, and
(b) may terminate the appointment of a member of a forum if—
(i) without the consent of the appointing authority, he has been absent from all meetings of the forum during a period of one year, or
(ii) he has failed to comply with regulation 6(7).
(5) An appointing authority may re-appoint a person who ceases to be a member of a local access forum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1836/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-access-forums-england-regulations-2002/regulation-5
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