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2(1)Subject to what follows, each member of the Police Authority is to hold and vacate office as chairman, or otherwise as a member, in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(2)Each appointment must state the period for which it is made.
(3)That period must not exceed five years; but a person is eligible for re-appointment as chairman, or otherwise as a member of the Police Authority, (on any number of occasions) from the end of a term of office.
(4)A member of the Police Authority may at any time resign his office as the chairman or as a member of the Police Authority (or both) by giving notice to the Secretary of State.
(5)If the Secretary of State is satisfied that sub-paragraph (6) applies to the chairman or another member of the Police Authority, the Secretary of State may, by giving him notice to that effect, remove him from office.
(6)This sub-paragraph applies to a person if—
(a)he is an undischarged bankrupt or has had his estate sequestrated without being discharged;
(b)he is subject to a bankruptcy restrictions order or an interim bankruptcy restrictions order;
(c)he has made an arrangement with his creditors, or has entered into a trust deed for creditors, or has made a composition contract with his creditors;
(d)he has been convicted of an offence;
(e)he has been absent, on at least three consecutive occasions and without the consent of the Police Authority, from meetings of that Authority; or
(f)he is for any other reason incapable of carrying out, or unfit to carry out, the functions of his office.
(7)Oral notice is not effective for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) or (5).
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