Article 2 Term of office, resignation and re-appointment of Council members

(1)

In relation to the Council—

(a)

the term of office of any judicial member appointed in accordance with section 3(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981^f1 as vice-president of the criminal division of the Court of Appeal shall last for so long as that member holds that appointment;

(b)

the term of office of any non-judicial member holding the office of Director of Public Prosecutions shall last for so long as that member holds that office;

(c)

the initial term of office of any other judicial member or non-judicial member shall not exceed a period of 3 years.

(2)

A member may resign at any time from the Council by giving 4 weeks notice in writing—

(a)

in the case of a judicial member, to the Lord Chief Justice; and

(b)

in the case of a non-judicial member, to the Lord Chancellor.

(3)

A member to whom paragraph (1)(c) applies shall, on the expiry of the initial term of office, be eligible for re-appointment to the Council for one or more further terms.

(4)

The initial term plus any further term or terms of office of any member to whom paragraph (1)(c) applies shall not exceed 10 years in total.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c.54. Section 3(3) was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), Schedule 4, paragraph 116. The 2005 Act also renamed the 1981 Act as the Senior Courts Act 1981.