The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Constitution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Term of office

8.—(1) The term of office of a member is four years.

(2) A member may resign at any time by giving notice in writing addressed to the Registrar of the Council.

(3) A member may be removed from office by a majority vote of other members if without good cause—

(a) he has been absent from three consecutive Council meetings; or

(b) he has been absent from meetings for a period of six months or more starting with the date on which he last attended a Council meeting, provided that he has been given opportunity to be heard at the meeting at which the vote is taken.

(4) A member shall cease to hold office if—

(a) his employment as a teacher is prohibited under regulations made under Articles 70(1) and (2) and 134(1) of the 1986 Order;

(b) his name has been removed from the register under regulations made under Article 36(3)(f) of the 1998 Order;

(c) he is ineligible for registration as a teacher or disqualified from being employed as a teacher under any provision of the law of England, of Wales or of Scotland.

(5) The Council may make rules prescribing further grounds on which a member may be removed from office and the procedure for removal, and rules made under this paragraph may be amended or revoked by subsequent rules.