Textual Amendments
F1Sch 2A inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 1(5), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 7; S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2A modified (23.9.2006) by The National Lottery Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2630), art. 3
3(1)Members shall hold and vacate office in accordance with their terms of appointment, subject to the following provisions.U.K.
(2)Any appointment of a member shall be for a term no longer than five years.
(3)A member may resign his membership by giving written notice to the Secretary of State.
(4)A person who ceases to be a member shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(5)The Secretary of State may by notice in writing to the member concerned remove from office a member who—
(a)has been absent from three or more consecutive meetings of the Commission without their prior approval,
(b)has become bankrupt, has made an arrangement with his creditors, has had his estate sequestrated, has granted a trust deed for his creditors or has made a composition contract with his creditors, or
(c)is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable or unfit to perform his duties as a member.]