SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1The Office for Environmental Protection
5Terms 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 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.
6
A non-executive member—
a
ceases to be a member of the OEP upon becoming its employee,
b
may resign from office by giving notice to the Secretary of State, and
c
may be removed from office by notice given by 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 Secretary of State, unable or unfit to carry out the member’s functions.