3(1)An appointment of a person to hold office as chairman or other member shall be for a term not exceeding five years.U.K.
(2)A person holding office as chairman or other member—
(a)may resign that office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State; and
(b)may be removed from office by the Secretary of State on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
(3)A previous appointment as chairman or other member does not affect a person’s eligibility for appointment to either office.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]