There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, Paragraph 1.
1(1)Subject as follows, the Chief Inspector holds office in accordance with the terms of his appointment (or re-appointment).
(2)The Chief Inspector must not be appointed for more than five years at a time.
(3)The Chief Inspector may resign by notice in writing to the [F1Department of Justice].
(4)The [F1Department of Justice] may dismiss the Chief Inspector if satisfied that—
(a)he has without reasonable excuse failed to exercise his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal,
(b)he has been convicted of a criminal offence,
(c)a bankruptcy order has been made against him [F2or he has become the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order] [F3, or a debt relief order has been made in respect of him or he is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order], or his estate has been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or
(d)he is otherwise unable or unfit to exercise his functions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(3)(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 24(2) (with arts. 28-31)
F2Words in Sch. 8 para. 1(4)(c) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 1, Sch. Pt. 1 para. 12(5)
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