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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a Commissioner shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) A Commissioner shall not be appointed—\n(a) in the case of the Chief Commissioner, for more than five years at a time; and\n(b) in any other case, for more than three years at a time.\n(3) A person may resign as a Commissioner, as the Chief Commissioner or as a Deputy Chief Commissioner by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.\n(4) The Secretary of State may dismiss a person from his office of Commissioner, Chief Commissioner or Deputy Chief Commissioner if satisfied—\n(a) that he has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal;\n(b) that he has been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(c) 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; or\n(d) that he is unable or unfit to carry out his functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 2 wholly in force at 2.8.1999; Sch. 8 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 101(3); Sch. 8 para. 2 in force for specified purposes at 15.2.1999 by S.I. 1999/340, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 2.8.1999 by S.I. 1999/2204, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/schedule/8/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}