SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1The Environment Agency

Membership

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(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.

(2)

A member may at any time resign his office by giving notice to the appropriate Minister.

(3)

The appropriate Minister may remove a member from that office if he is satisfied—

(a)

that the member has been absent from meetings of the Agency for a period of more than three months without the permission of the Agency;

(b)

that the member has been adjudged bankrupt, that his estate has been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or

(c)

that the member is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a member.