Courts Service Act, 1998
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Term of office of members. |
12.—(1) A judge nominated as a member of the Board under paragraph (a), (c), (e) or (g) of section 11 (1) shall hold office while he or she remains a judge of the court in respect of which he or she was nominated or until the person who nominated the judge as a member ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he or she made the nomination, but in that case the judge shall be eligible for renomination. | |
(2) A judge elected as a member of the Board under paragraph (b), (d), (f) or (h) of section 11 (1) shall hold office for three years, but shall be eligible for re-election, while he or she remains a judge of the court in respect of which he or she was elected. | ||
(3) A judge nominated as a member of the Board in accordance with section 11 (1)(i) shall hold office for three years, but shall be eligible for renomination, while he or she remains a judge of any court. | ||
(4) A person nominated or elected as a member of the Board in accordance with paragraphs (k) to (q) of section 11 (1) shall hold office for three years, but shall be eligible for renomination or re-election, as the case may be. | ||
(5) A member of the Board who has been nominated or elected to be such a member may resign from membership by letter addressed to the chairperson of the Board and the resignation shall take effect on receipt of the letter by the chairperson. | ||
(6) The chairperson shall as soon as practicable notify the Minister of any resignation under subsection (5). | ||
(7) A casual vacancy in the membership of the Board caused by the death or resignation, or any other event affecting the membership, of a person nominated or elected to hold office as a member for— | ||
(a) a period of three years referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4), or | ||
(b) the remainder of such a period in respect of which he or she was nominated or elected in pursuance of this subsection, shall be filled, in accordance with the relevant provision of section 11 (1), for the remainder of the term of office remaining to be served by the person, and the new member shall be eligible for renomination or re-election at the conclusion of that term. | ||
(8) The Minister may, after consultation with the nominating person or body concerned, remove for stated reasons a person who is a member of the Board referred to in paragraph (k), (l) or (p) of section 11 (1). | ||
(9) The Minister may at any time remove for stated reasons a person who is a member of the Board referred to in paragraph (o) or (q) of section 11 (1). |