{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-police-fund-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-police-fund-regulations-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Police Fund Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-police-fund-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Term of office",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person shall hold and vacate office as chairperson or as a Board member of the Fund in accordance with the terms of his or her appointment.\n(2) The chairperson and Board members shall be appointed for a term of up to four years, and a person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person in whose place he or she is appointed.\n(3) A person may at any time resign as chairperson or as a Board member by giving one month’s notice in writing to the Department and the Department may remove a person from office as chairperson or as a Board member for any reason under paragraph (4) by giving one month’s notice in writing.\n(4) The Department may remove a person from office as chairperson or as a Board member if satisfied that the person—\n(a) has been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(b) has become bankrupt or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or has had a debt relief order made in respect of him or is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order or has made a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors;\n(c) has failed to comply with the terms of his or her appointment;\n(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a chairperson or Board member.\n(5) Where the term of office of the chairperson or of a Board member expires he or she shall be eligible for reappointment for one further term of up to four years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/14/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:56.037996+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."
}