Legal Aid Act 1977
52Removal from office
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52 Removal from office (1) The Minister may remove a commissioner other than the chief executive officer from office for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity. (2) If a commissioner other than the chief executive officer— (b) is absent, except by leave of the Minister, from 3 consecutive meetings of the commission; or (c) fails to comply with the commissioner’s obligations under section 55; the Minister shall remove the commissioner from office. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a commissioner if the commissioner is a judge but, if a commissioner being a judge ceases to be a judge, the Minister may terminate the commissioner’s appointment.