# National Health Service Act 2006, Paragraph 4: Non-executive members: tenure


(1) A person holds and vacates office as a non-executive member of NHS England in accordance with that person’s terms of appointment.
(2) A person may at any time resign from office as a non-executive member by giving notice to the Secretary of State.
(3) The Secretary of State may at any time remove a person from office as a non-executive member on any of the following grounds—
(a) incapacity,
(b) misbehaviour, or
(c) failure to carry out his or her duties as a non-executive member.
(4) The Secretary of State may suspend a person from office as a non-executive member if it appears to the Secretary of State that there are or may be grounds to remove that person from office under sub-paragraph (3).
(5) A person may not be appointed as a non-executive member for a period of more than four years.
(6) A person who ceases to be a non-executive member is eligible for re-appointment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/schedule/A1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-A1/paragraph-4
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