3(1)Each member is to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.U.K.
(2)A member is eligible for re-appointment when his term of office ends.
(3)A member may resign at any time by notice in writing given to the Lord Chancellor.
(4)The Lord Chancellor may dismiss a member on the ground of incapacity or misconduct.
[F1(5)The Lord Chancellor may dismiss a person under sub-paragraph (4) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.
(6)The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless—
(a)the person to be dismissed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session, or
(b)that person exercises functions wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, in which case it is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7 para. 3(5)(6) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 285; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(x)