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(introduced by section 4)
1SA person appointed as a Commissioner for a section of the benefited land must be either—
(a)a heritor who owns land within that section, or
(b)the heritor's representative of such heritor.
2SA heritor who owns land in more than one section of the benefited land, or the heritor's representative of that heritor, may only be a Commissioner for one section.
3SExcept where this Act provides otherwise, the appointment of a Commissioner is to be made at a heritors' meeting held—
(a)in the case of a vacancy other than a vacancy under paragraph 6, within three months of the vacancy occurring,
(b)in the case of a vacancy under paragraph 6 which is not filled by the Commission under paragraph 7, within 12 months of the vacancy arising, and
(c)in any other case not later than one month before the appointment is to take effect.
4SSubject to paragraphs 5 and 6, a Commissioner must be appointed by a majority vote of the heritors attending the meeting who own land within the section of the benefited land to which the appointment relates (“the relevant heritors”).
5SIf only one relevant heritor attends the meeting, the heritor may appoint a Commissioner without a vote.
6SWhere no Commissioner is appointed under paragraph 4 or 5, the position is to be treated as vacant.
7SThe Commission may fill a vacancy under paragraph 6 by appointing a Commissioner for a period of up to 12 months.
8SA vacancy occurring less than three months before the end of a Commissioner's term is to be left unfilled until the end of that term.
9SExcept where this Act provides otherwise, a Commissioner is appointed for a term of 10 years.
10SA person appointed to fill a vacancy to which paragraphs 3(a) or 3(b) apply holds office for the remainder of the term of appointment of the Commissioner in whose place the person has been appointed.
11SSubject to paragraph 12, a person who has served as a Commissioner may be reappointed on any number of occasions.
12SA person may not be reappointed as a Commissioner where the person's appointment as a Commissioner has been terminated under paragraph 13(2) unless the Commission is satisfied the grounds for the person's termination no longer apply.
13(1)A Commissioner may resign by giving notice to the Commission.S
(2)The Commission may, by giving notice to the Commissioner, terminate a Commissioner's appointment if—
(a)the Commissioner has been absent from two or more consecutive meetings of the Commission without the permission of the Commission,
(b)the Commission considers that the Commissioner is—
(i)unable to perform the functions of a Commissioner, or
(ii)unsuitable to continue as a Commissioner.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)—
(a)a meeting of the Commission includes a meeting of a committee of the Commission of which the Commissioner is a member, and
(b)permission of the Commission includes permission of the committee where the committee meeting consists of three or more Commissioners.
(4)A Commissioner's appointment may be terminated with immediate effect by a majority vote of heritors attending a meeting convened under section 7(1)(c)(v) who own land within the section of the benefited land to which the appointment relates.
(5)The Commission must, by giving notice to the Commissioner, terminate a Commissioner's appointment if the Commissioner or, where the Commissioner is a heritor's representative, the heritor the Commissioner represents, has ceased to be a heritor.
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