Paragraph 9 F1

(1)

The Secretary of State may by written notice dismiss the deputy chair on the ground that—

(a)

the deputy chair has been F2made bankrupt, has been made the subject of a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) or has made an arrangement with creditors;

(b)

in the opinion of the Secretary of State the deputy chair is unable, unfit or unwilling to perform—

(i)

the functions of deputy chair, or

(ii)

the functions of a member.

(2)

Dismissal may be either—

(a)

as deputy chair, or

(b)

as both deputy chair and member (but only if sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b)(ii) applies).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 4B inserted (E.W.N.I.) (1.9.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 132(2), 185(1), Sch. 7 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2125, art. 2(b)
F2: Word in Sch. 4B para. 9(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18