Regulation 5 Term of office of chairman of the Board

The member selected to be the chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor to hold that office for a fixed term not exceeding four years.

On the expiry of a member’s first term of office as chairman, the Lord Chancellor may re-appoint that member to serve a further fixed term not exceeding four years as chairman.

Regulation 4 does not prevent a member who has been appointed or re-appointed as chairman from serving for the duration of that appointment or re-appointment.

The chairman of the Board may resign from that office at any time by giving notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.

Where the Lord Chancellor gives notice in writing under regulation 6 suspending or removing the chairman’s membership of the Board, his term of office as chairman shall also be suspended or cease from the date on which the notice is given by the Lord Chancellor.