1(1)Every Child Support Commissioner shall vacate his office [F1on the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75)].U.K.
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A Child Support Commissioner may be removed from office by the Lord Chancellor on the ground of misbehaviour or incapacity.
[F3(3A)The Lord Chancellor may remove a Child Support Commissioner under sub-paragraph (3) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.
(3B)The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless the Commissioner exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) substituted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(a) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F2Sch. 4 para. 1(2) repealed (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(2)(b), Sch. 9 (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F3Sch. 4 para. 1(3A)(3B) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 221(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(u)