Suspension from, or termination of, officeU.K.
9(1)The Secretary of State may suspend or terminate the appointment of any person as the chair of the MMO, the deputy chair, or an ordinary member, if—U.K.
(a)the person has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with creditors,
(b)the person's estate has been sequestrated in Scotland or the person has entered into a debt arrangement programme under Part 1 of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17) as the debtor or has, under Scots law, granted a trust deed for creditors,
(c)the person has been absent from meetings of the MMO for a period of more than 6 months without the permission of the MMO,
(d)the person is disqualified from acting as a company director,
(e)the person has been convicted (whether before or after appointment) of a criminal offence, the conviction not being spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53),
or if the person is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable or unfit to discharge the functions of the appointment for any other reason.
(2)A person whose appointment as the chair of the MMO is suspended is accordingly also suspended as a member.
(3)If a person's appointment as an ordinary member is suspended, any appointment of that person as the deputy chair is also suspended.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 12.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 1