3(1)If the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Secretary of State, is satisfied that an appointed member—
(a)has been absent from sittings of the Appeal Tribunal for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the President of the Tribunal; or
(b)has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or
(c)is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or
(d)is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member;
the Lord Chancellor may declare his office as a member to be vacant and shall notify the declaration in such manner as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.
(2)In the application of this paragraph to Scotland for the references in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a member’s having become bankrupt and to a member’s having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to a member’s estate having been sequestrated and to a member’s having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.