SCHEDULE 1 The Commission: Further Provisions

SCHEDULE 1 The Commission: Further Provisions

Section 8

Membership

1

Her Majesty shall, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, appoint one of the members of the Commission to be the chairman of the Commission.

2

(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(2)     An appointment as a member of the Commission may be full-time or part-time.

(3)     The appointment of a person as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, shall be for a fixed period of not longer than five years.

(4)     Subject to sub-paragraph (5), a person whose term of appointment as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, expires shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(5)     No person may hold office as a member of the Commission for a continuous period which is longer than ten years.

(6)     A person may at any time resign his office as a member of the Commission, or as chairman of the Commission, by notice in writing addressed to Her Majesty.

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