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Assembly Members (Independent Financial Review and Standards) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
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Appointments, etc.N.I.
Appointments to the [F1Board] N.I.
4—(1) The Chair and other [F1Board] members shall be appointed by the Commission.
(2) Each appointment shall be for a term of 5 years from the date of the appointment.
(3) A person may not be appointed to be a [F1Board] member if that person has already been appointed to be a [F1Board] member on two occasions.
[F2(4) At any one time no more than one Board member may be a former member of the Assembly.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
F2S. 4(4) added (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 5(2), 10
Disqualification from membership of the [F1Board] N.I.
5—(1) Schedule 1 makes provision as to the persons who are disqualified from being appointed or serving as [F1Board] members.
(2) The Commission may by order amend Schedule 1.
(3) An order under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Assembly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
Termination of membership of the [F1Board] N.I.
6—(1) The appointment of a person as a [F1Board] member ceases—
(a)on the expiry of the term for which that person was appointed;
(b)if that person resigns by giving notice in writing to the Commission;
(c)if that person becomes disqualified from being a [F1Board] member; or
(d)if the Commission dismisses that person under subsection (2).
(2) The Commission may dismiss a person from office as a [F1Board] member if it is satisfied that—
(a)the person has been convicted of a criminal offence;
(b)the person has become bankrupt [F3or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order] [F4or has had a debt relief order made in respect [F5of them] or is the subject of a debt relief restrictions order] or made an arrangement or composition with the person's creditors;
(c)the person has without reasonable excuse failed to discharge the functions of a [F1Board] member for a continuous period of 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before the day of dismissal;
(d)the person is unfit or unable to carry out those functions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
F3Words in s. 6(2)(b) inserted (21.4.2015) by The Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/159), art. 1, Sch. para. 20
F4Words in s. 6(2)(b) inserted (7.3.2016) by The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/108), art. 1, Sch. para. 26
F5Words in s. 6(2)(b) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(1), 10
[F6Temporary appointmentsN.I.
6A.—(1) The Commission may appoint a temporary Chair where a person ceases to be Chair (whether at the end of their term of appointment or otherwise) and—
(a)a replacement has not been appointed; or
(b)the replacement’s appointment has not yet taken effect.
(2) The Commission may appoint a temporary member of the Board where a person ceases to be a Board member (whether at the end of their term of appointment or otherwise) and—
(a)a replacement has not been appointed; or
(b)the replacement’s appointment has not yet taken effect.
(3) A temporary appointment lapses—
(a)when the appointment of the replacement takes effect; and
(b)in any event, at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the temporary appointment takes effect.
(4) Where a temporary appointment lapses under subsection (3)(b) the Commission may renew it or make a new temporary appointment.
(5) Temporary appointments are to be disregarded for the purposes of section 4(3).
(6) But a person must not be appointed as a temporary appointment if the person is not eligible to be appointed as a Board member by reason of section 4(3).
(7) The Commission may by order make provision about appointments under this section.
(8) An order under subsection (7) shall not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Assembly.
(9) Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, a temporary appointment is to be treated for all purposes (including, for example, for the purposes of section 5) as if it were an appointment under section 4(1).
(10) But an order under subsection (7) may disapply or modify a provision of this Act (other than section 4(4)) in its application to a temporary appointment.]
Textual Amendments
F6S. 6A inserted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 4, 10
Code of conduct for [F1Board] membersN.I.
7—(1) The [F1Board] shall issue a code of conduct for its members.
(2) The code of conduct shall in particular—
(a)incorporate the Nolan principles or such other similar principles as may be adopted by the [F1Board] from time to time; and
(b)include provision about the disclosure of interests by [F1Board] members.
(3) The [F1Board] shall keep the code of conduct under review.
(4) In this section “the Nolan principles” means the 7 general principles of public life set out in the First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (Cm 2850).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
Administration and financeN.I.
8 Schedule 2 makes administrative and financial provision about the [F1Board].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
Annual reportN.I.
9 The [F1Board] shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, provide to the Commission a report on the performance of its functions, including the use of resources, during that financial year.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act (except Sch. 5) substituted (17.9.2025) by Assembly Members (Independent Remuneration Board) Act (Northern Ireland) 2025 (c. 5), ss. 7(3)(b), 10
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