SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Office for Environmental Protection
I1I25Terms of membership
1
A member of the OEP holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms of the member’s appointment, subject to the provisions of this Schedule.
2
A person may not hold office as a member of the OEP if the person is employed in the civil service of the State.
3
A non-executive member must be appointed for a fixed term of no more than 5 years.
4
The Secretary of State must, in determining the length of a non-executive member’s term, have regard to the desirability of securing that the appointments of non-executive members F3(including the Northern Ireland member) expire at different times.
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The Northern Ireland Department must, in determining the length of a Northern Ireland member’s term, have regard to the desirability of securing that the appointments of non-executive members expire at different times.
5
The previous appointment of a person as a non-executive member does not affect the person’s eligibility for re-appointment.
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A non-executive member ceases to be a member of the OEP upon becoming its employee.
7
A non-executive member, other than the Northern Ireland member—
a
may resign from office by giving notice to the Secretary of State, and
b
may be removed from office by notice given by the Secretary of State, after consulting the Northern Ireland Department, on the grounds that the member—
i
has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge the member’s functions, or
ii
is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable or unfit to carry out the member’s functions.
8
The Northern Ireland member—
a
may resign from office by giving notice to the Northern Ireland Department, and
b
may be removed from office by notice given by the Northern Ireland Department after consulting the Secretary of State, on the grounds that the member—
i
has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge the member’s functions, or
ii
is, in the opinion of the Northern Ireland Department, unable or unfit to carry out the member’s functions.