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Plant Varieties Act 1997

Plant Varieties Act 1997 Sch 3 para 5

Sch 3 para 5

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person’s appointment under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 above shall be for such term as the appointing authority may determine before the person’s appointment. (1A) For an appointment under paragraph 4 above, the term mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above is to be determined with the agreement of the Department of Justice . (2) No appointment of a person under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 above shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which he attains the age of 75 . (3) A person who ceases to hold office under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 above shall be eligible for re-appointment. (4) A person may resign his appointment under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 above by notice in writing to the appointing authority. (5) The appointing authority may revoke a person’s appointment under paragraph 2 or 3 above if satisfied that the person is unfit to continue in office or incapable of discharging his duties. (5A) Where the appointing authority is the Lord Chancellor, the power conferred by sub-paragraph (5) may be exercised only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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