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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. substituted (23.5.2008) by Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 6), s. 1(3), Sch. 1
3—(1) The Commission shall consist of such members as are appointed by the First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly.N.I.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member's appointment.
(3) A person shall not be appointed as a member for more than 4 years at a time, and a person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person in whose place that person is appointed.
(4) A person who ceases to be a member on the expiration of that person's first term as a member shall be eligible for re-appointment, but a person who has been re-appointed as a member by virtue of this sub-paragraph shall not be eligible for appointment or re-appointment as a member at any time after the end of that person's second term as a member
(5) A person may at any time resign from office as a member by notice in writing to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
(6) The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly may remove a person from office as a member if satisfied that that person has—
(a)been convicted of a criminal offence;
(b)become bankrupt [F2or is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order] [F3or has had a debt relief order made against him or is subject to a debt relief restrictions order] [F4or has made] an arrangement or composition with that person's creditors;
(c)failed to comply with the terms of that person's appointment; or
(d)become unfit or unable to exercise that person's functions as a member.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(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. 15
F3Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(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. 22(a)
F4Words in Sch. para. 3(6)(b) substituted (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. 22(b)