The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Paragraph 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
3. The [F1Department of Justice] may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfiedN.I.
(a)that the Commissioner has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out any functions for a continuous period of 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the day of dismissal;
(b)that the Commissioner has been convicted of a criminal offence;
(c)that a bankruptcy order has been made against the Commissioner, or the Commissioner's estate had been sequestrated, or the Commissioner has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, the Commissioner's creditors; or
(d)that the Commissioner is unable or unfit to carry out any functions of a Commissioner.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 para. 3 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 31(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
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