# Police Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 2: Terms of appointment etc: non-executive members

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a person shall hold office as a non-executive member in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
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(3) A person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three months or more shall not, at any time in the five years following the day on which he is sentenced, be appointed as a non-executive member; and an appointment made in contravention of this sub-paragraph shall have no effect.
(4) A person shall not be appointed to be a non-executive member for a term of more than three years; but a non-executive member shall be eligible for re-appointment at the end of his term of office.
(5) A non-executive member may at any time resign from being a non-executive member of the Office by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.
(6) The Secretary of State may at any time remove a person from office as a non-executive member if he is satisfied that that person—
(a) has failed without reasonable excuse to carry out the functions of his office for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before that time;
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(c) has, since his appointment, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three months or more;
(d) is a person who—
(i) has had a bankruptcy order made against him;
(ii) has had his estate sequestrated; or
(iii) has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors;
(e) is subject to—
(i) a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46) or under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(S.I. 1989/2404 (N.I. 18)); or
(ii) an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) (failure to pay under county court administration order);
(f) has acted improperly in relation to his duties; or
(g) is otherwise unable or unfit to perform his duties.
(7) For the purposes of this paragraph a sentence of imprisonment for any term the whole or part of which is suspended shall be taken to be a sentence of imprisonment for the whole term.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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