Health Act 2007
Conditions of office. |
15.— (1) The Minister at any time may remove a member of the Board from office if, in the Minister’s opinion— | |
(a) the member has become incapable through ill-health of performing the functions of the office, | ||
(b) the member has committed stated misbehaviour, | ||
(c) the member’s removal from office appears to be necessary for the Board to perform its functions in an effective manner, | ||
(d) the member has contravened section 81 (1) or 84 (2) of this Act or a provision of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 that by a regulation made under section 3 of that Act applies to that member, or | ||
(e) in performing functions under this Act, the member has not complied with— | ||
(i) a code of conduct, under section 10(3) of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 , or | ||
(ii) the code of governance under section 34 that relates to the Board member. | ||
(2) A member of the Board ceases to hold office if the member— | ||
(a) is adjudicated bankrupt, | ||
(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors, | ||
(c) is convicted of an indictable offence, | ||
(d) is convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, | ||
(e) is the subject of an order under section 160 of the Companies Act 1990 , | ||
(f) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment by a court of competent jurisdiction, or | ||
(g) is removed by a competent authority for any reason (other than failure to pay a fee) from any register established for the purpose of registering members of a profession. | ||
(3) A member of the Board who does not, for a consecutive period of 6 months, attend a meeting of the Board ceases at the end of that period to hold office unless the member demonstrates to the Minister’s satisfaction that the non-attendance was due to illness. |