s 11 Resignation and removal of lay justices
(1) A lay justice may resign his office at any time. (2) The Lord Chancellor may , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, remove a lay justice from his office by an instrument on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty— (a) on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour, (b) on the ground of a persistent failure to meet such standards of competence as are prescribed by a direction given by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice , or (c) if he is satisfied that the lay justice is declining or neglecting to take a proper part in the exercise of his functions as a justice of the peace.