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Disqualification from membership: unsuitability

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14(1)A person is disqualified from membership of the Tribunal on grounds of unsuitability if the person—

(a)has been adjudged bankrupt and remains bankrupt;

(b)has been granted a debt relief order (within the meaning of Part VIIA of the Insolvency Act 1986), and the moratorium period under that order is continuing;

(c)has made an arrangement with his or her creditors and the arrangement remains in force;

(d)has been convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine has been imposed;

(e)is disqualified from being a member of a county borough council or county council in Wales; or

(f)is disqualified from being a director of a company.

(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) a person remains bankrupt until such time as—

(a)the person is discharged from bankruptcy, or

(b)the bankruptcy order made against that person is annulled.

(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) an arrangement with a person’s creditors remains in force until—

(a)the person pays his or her debts in full, or

(b)if later, the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which the terms of the arrangement are fulfilled.

(4)If the question of whether a person is disqualified from membership of the Tribunal on grounds of unsuitability arises in relation to the appointment of the person to be a member of the Tribunal, any conviction which that person received more than five years before the date of the appointment is to be disregarded.

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