# The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2001, Paragraph 8: Disqualification of Commissioners


(1) This paragraph applies where a Commissioner—
(a) has been absent from meetings of the Commissioners for three consecutive months or more without the permission of the Commissioners;
(b) has become bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his creditors;
(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness from discharging the functions of a Commissioner;
(d) has knowingly failed in a material respect to act in his capacity as a Commissioner independently of any particular interest;
(e) has been convicted of a criminal offence;
(f) has failed to declare a conflict of interest or otherwise acted improperly; or
(g) appears to a majority of the Commissioners to be unable, unfit or unwilling adequately to discharge his functions as a Commissioner.
(2) If the Commissioners are satisfied that this paragraph applies to any of their number, and that the Commissioner should be disqualified from office in consequence, the Commissioners may by resolution declare his office as a Commissioner to be vacant, and thereupon the office shall become vacant.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this paragraph the attendance of a Commissioner at a meeting of any committee of the Commissioners of which he is a member shall be treated as attendance at a meeting of the Commissioners.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2820/schedule/2/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poole-harbour-revision-order-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-8
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