SCHEDULE 1 The English and Scottish Commissioners
Appointment of Commissioners
1
(1)
Her Majesty may by Letters Patent appoint a person to be a Commissioner and a person so appointed shall hold office during good behaviour.
(2)
A person appointed to be a Commissioner—
(a)
may at his own request be relieved of office by Her Majesty, or
(b)
(c)
in the case of the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland may be removed from office by Her Majesty in consequence of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament;
and shall in any case vacate office on completing the year of service in which he attains the age of sixty-five.
(3)
Her Majesty may declare the office of Commissioner to have been vacated if satisfied that the person appointed to be the Commissioner is incapable for medical reasons of performing the duties of his office and of requesting to be relieved of it.