The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
1 Appointment and tenure of office.
1
For the purpose of conducting investigations in accordance with the following provisions of this Act there shall be appointed a Commissioner, to be known as the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
2
Her Majesty may by Letters Patent from time to time appoint a person to be the Commissioner F1. . . .
F22A
A person appointed to be the Commissioner shall hold office until the end of the period for which he is appointed.
2B
That period must be not more than seven years.
2C
Subsection (2A) is subject to subsections (3) and (3A).
F33
A person appointed to be the Commissioner may be—
a
relieved of office by Her Majesty at his own request, or
b
removed from office by Her Majesty, on the ground of misbehaviour, in consequence of Addresses from both Houses of Parliament.
F43A
Her Majesty may declare the office of Commissioner to have been vacated if satisfied that the person appointed to be the Commissioner is incapable for medical reasons—
a
of performing the duties of his office; and
b
of requesting to be relieved of it.
F53B
A person appointed to be the Commissioner is not eligible for re-appointment.
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