# Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, Paragraph 5: Terms of membership

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A member of the IBCA holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms of the member’s appointment (subject to this Schedule).
(2) A member may resign from office by giving notice to the appropriate person.
(3) A member may be removed from office by notice given by the appropriate person on the grounds that the member—
(a) has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge the member’s functions, or
(b) is, in the opinion of the appropriate person, unable or unfit to carry out the member’s functions.
(4) A person ceases to be—
(a) a non-executive member of the IBCA upon becoming a member of its staff;
(b) an executive member of the IBCA upon ceasing to be a member of its staff.
(5) In this paragraph “appropriate person” means—
(a) in the case of the Chair, the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office;
(b) in the case of any other member of the IBCA, the Chair.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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