{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2006/2953",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-survivors-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commission shall consist of such members as are appointed by the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member's appointment.\n(3) A person shall not be appointed as a member for more than 4 years at a time, and a person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person in whose place that person is appointed.\n(4) A person who ceases to be a member on the expiration of that person's first term as a member shall be eligible for re-appointment, but a person who has been re-appointed as a member by virtue of this sub-paragraph shall not be eligible for appointment or re-appointment as a member at any time after the end of that person's second term as a member\n(5) A person may at any time resign from office as a member by notice in writing to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.\n(6) The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly may remove a person from office as a member if satisfied that that person has—\n(a) been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(b) become bankrupt or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or has had a debt relief order made against him or is subject to a debt relief restrictions order or has made an arrangement or composition with that person's creditors;\n(c) failed to comply with the terms of that person's appointment; or\n(d) become unfit or unable to exercise that person's functions as a member.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. substituted (23.5.2008) by Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 6), s. 1(3), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(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. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(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. 22(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(b) substituted (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. 22(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/2953/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:20.569893+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."
}