5(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph [F1and paragraphs 5A and 5B], a person shall hold and vacate office as a member of the Authority in accordance with the terms of his appointment.U.K.
(2)A person shall not be appointed as a member of the Authority for more than three years at a time.
(3)A member may at any time resign his office by giving notice to the Secretary of State.
(4)A person who ceases to be a member of the Authority shall be eligible for re-appointment (whether or not in the same capacity).
[F2(4A)A person holding office as chairman, deputy chairman or other member of the Authority is to cease to hold that office if the person becomes disqualified for appointment to it.]
(5)If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Authority—
(a)has been absent from meetings of the Authority for six consecutive months or longer without the permission of the Authority, or
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)is unable or unfit to discharge the [F4person's functions as chairman, deputy chairman or other member],
the Secretary of State may [F5remove the member from office as chairman, deputy chairman or other member].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1) inserted (19.1.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), s. 40(1), Sch. 3 para. 3(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 19); S.I. 2010/30, art. 2(d)
F2Sch. 1 para. 5(4A) inserted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(a); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(u)
F3Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(b) repealed (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(i), Sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(u)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(ii); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(u)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(iii); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(u)