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11 Tenure of office. E+W
[(1)This subsection applies to the office of district judge.
(2)Subject to the following provisions of this section and to subsections (4) to (6) of section 26 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75), a person who holds an office to which subsection (1) applies shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years.]
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)A person appointed to an office to which subsection (1) applies shall hold that office during good behaviour.
(5)The power to remove such a person from his office on account of misbehaviour shall be exercisable by the Lord Chancellor [, but only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice].
(6)The Lord Chancellor may [, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice,] also remove such a person from his office on account of inability to perform the duties of his office.
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