SCHEDULES
F1Schedule 9CCommissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition
2Tenure of office
1
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a person holds office as the Commissioner in accordance with the person’s terms of appointment.
2
A person may not be appointed as Commissioner for more than five years at a time, or more than twice.
3
A person may at any time resign as Commissioner by notice in writing to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
4
The First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly may dismiss a person from office as Commissioner by notice in writing if satisfied that the person—
a
has, without reasonable excuse, failed to discharge the functions of the office for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal;
b
has been convicted of a criminal offence;
c
has become bankrupt or the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order, a debt relief order or a debt relief restrictions order, or has made a voluntary arrangement;
d
is unable or unfit to perform the functions of the office.
5
Each of the expressions used in sub-paragraph (4)(c) has the same meaning as in the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).
Sch. 9C inserted (22.5.2023) by Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45), s. 10(2), Sch. 3; S.I. 2023/566, reg. 2(f)