SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Court of directors

Removal from office

8The Bank may, with the consent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, remove a person from office as Governor, Deputy Governor or director of the Bank if it is satisfied—

(a)that he has been absent from meetings of the court for more than 3 months without the consent of the court,

(b)that he has become bankrupt, that his estate has been sequestrated or that he has made an arrangement with or granted a trust deed for his creditors, or

(c)that he is unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member.