25 Tenure of appointed members.E+W+S
(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (4), an appointed member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2)An appointed member—
(a)may at any time resign his membership by notice in writing addressed to the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State, and
(b)shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of seventy.
(3)Subsection (2)(b) is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the M1Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance of office up to the age of seventy-five).
(4)If the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Secretary of State, is satisfied that an appointed member—
(a)has been absent from sittings of the Appeal Tribunal for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the President of the Appeal Tribunal,
(b)has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors, or has had his estate sequestrated or made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract,
(c)is incapacitated by physical or mental illness, or
(d)is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member,
the Lord Chancellor may declare his office as a member to be vacant and shall notify the declaration in such manner as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; and when the Lord Chancellor does so, the office becomes vacant.