SCHEDULE 12The Judicial Appointments Commission
Part 1The Commissioners
Term of office etc. of Commissioners
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(1)
A Commissioner may at any time—
(a)
resign his office by notice in writing addressed to Her Majesty;
(b)
be removed from office by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.
(2)
The Lord Chancellor may not under sub-paragraph (1) recommend that a Commissioner be removed from office unless he is satisfied that the Commissioner—
(a)
has failed without reasonable excuse to discharge the functions of his office for a continuous period of at least six months,
(b)
has been convicted of an offence,
(c)
is an undischarged bankrupt F1or a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), or
(d)
is otherwise unfit to hold his office or unable to discharge its functions.
(3)
A recommendation on the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a) may not be made more than 3 months after the end of the period mentioned there.