The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001

3.  The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfied—

(a)that he has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal;

(b)that he has been convicted of a criminal offence;

(c)that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate had been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or

(d)that he is unable or unfit to carry out his functions.