Regulation 8 Termination of tenure of office

(1)

A member may resign his office at any time after appointment by giving one month’s notice in writing to that effect to the Secretary of State.

(2)

The Secretary of State may terminate the tenure of office of a member–

(a)

if he is convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than 3 months without the option of a fine;

(b)

if–

(i)

at the time of his appointment as a member he was employed by, or held a paid appointment or office with, a Health Board or the Common Services Agency; and

(ii)

he is dismissed, otherwise than by reason of redundancy, from that employment or that paid appointment or office is terminated;

(c)

if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is not in the interest of the health service that the member should continue to hold office; or

(d)

if he is a person whose estates have been sequestrated or who has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors.

(3)

The Secretary of State shall terminate the tenure of office of a member–

(a)

if he has failed to attend a meeting of the Board in any period of twelve consecutive months, unless the Secretary of State is satisfied both that his absence was due to reasonable cause and that he will be able to attend meetings of the Board within a reasonable time; or

(b)

in the case of a dental member–

(i)

if his name has been erased from the register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984^f1 or his registration in that register has been suspended;

(ii)

if his name has been removed, by a direction under section 29 of the Act^f2 from any list prepared under section 25(2) of the Act^f3; or

(iii)

if he becomes disqualified for inclusion in, or his name has been removed from, any list prepared under section 25(2) of the Act, by virtue of section 31(b) of the Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 24.
f2: Section 29 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), section 24, Schedule 8 Part I and by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 31) sections 7 and 9 and the Schedule.
f3: Section 25(2) was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17(1).