# Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006, Paragraph 3

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(1) Subject to this paragraph and paragraph 4, a person holds office as Commissioner on such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(2) The period of a person's appointment as Commissioner is—
(a) in the case of a first appointment, 5 years; and
(b) in the case of a reappointment, 3 years.
(3) A person holding office as Commissioner may, by written notice to the Scottish Ministers, resign at any time.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may remove a person from the office of Commissioner if satisfied that any of the grounds mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) is the case.
(5) Those grounds are—
(a) the person has failed without reasonable excuse to carry out the functions of the office for a continuous period of 3 months;
(b) the person falls within one or more of the sub-sub-paragraphs of paragraph 2(1);
(c) the person has, since appointment, been convicted of a criminal offence;
(d) the person's estate has been sequestrated or the person has been adjudged bankrupt, has made an arrangement with creditors or has granted a trust deed for creditors or a composition contract;
(e) the person is subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46) or under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002;
(f) the person has acted improperly in relation to the person's duties;
(g) the person is otherwise unable or unfit to perform the person's duties.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-public-order-and-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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