SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12The Judicial Appointments Commission

Part 1The Commissioners

Term of office etc. of Commissioners

15

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.