Part 2Justices of the peace
Lay justices
11Resignation and removal of lay justices
(1)
A lay justice may resign his office at any time.
(2)
The Lord Chancellor may F1, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, remove a lay justice from his office by an instrument on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty—
(a)
on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour,
(b)
on the ground of a persistent failure to meet such standards of competence as are prescribed by a direction given by the Lord Chancellor F2with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice , or
(c)
if he is satisfied that the lay justice is declining or neglecting to take a proper part in the exercise of his functions as a justice of the peace.