{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-gc-foundation-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-gc-foundation-regulations-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/260",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Foundation Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-gc-foundation-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Terms of office",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as a member or as chairman of the Foundation in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) The chairman and other members of the Board shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, and a person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person in whose place he is appointed.\n(3) A person may at any time resign as a member or as chairman of the Foundation by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.\n(4) The Secretary of State may remove a person from office as a member or as chairman of the Foundation if satisfied that –\n(a) he has been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(b) he has become bankrupt or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or has had a debt relief order made in respect of him or is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order or made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;\n(c) he has failed to comply with the terms of his appointment; or\n(d) he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions.\n(5) A member of the Board whose term of office expires or who has resigned shall be eligible for re-appointment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(4)(b) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 1, Sch. para. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(4)(b) inserted (7.3.2016) by The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/108), art. 1, Sch. para. 34"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 16.9.2002, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/260/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:55.355512+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}