Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 8 — Oversight arrangements
Chapter 1 — Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners
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any function conferred on, or delegated under subsection (8) to, any
other particular named Judicial Commissioner.
References in any enactment—
(a) to a Judicial Commissioner are to be read as including the Investigatory
Powers Commissioner, and
(b) to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner are to be read, so far as
necessary for the purposes of subsection (8), as references to the
Investigatory Powers Commissioner or any other Judicial
Commissioner.
Terms and conditions of appointment
(1)
Subject as follows, each Judicial Commissioner holds and vacates office in
accordance with the Commissioner’s terms and conditions of appointment.
(2)
Each Judicial Commissioner is to be appointed for a term of three years.
(3)
A person who ceases to be a Judicial Commissioner (otherwise than under
subsection (5)) may be re-appointed under section 227(1).
(4)
A Judicial Commissioner may not, subject to subsection (5), be removed from
office before the end of the term for which the Commissioner is appointed
unless a resolution approving the removal has been passed by each House of
Parliament.
(5)
A Judicial Commissioner may be removed from office by the Prime Minister if,
after the appointment of the Commissioner—
(a) a bankruptcy order is made against the Commissioner or the
Commissioner’s estate is sequestrated or the Commissioner makes a
composition or arrangement with, or grants a trust deed for, the
Commissioner’s creditors,
(b) any of the following orders is made against the Commissioner—
(i) a disqualification order under the Company Directors
Disqualification Act 1986 or the Company Directors
Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002,
(ii) an order under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986
(failure to pay under county court administration order),
(iii) an order under section 429(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986
(disabilities on revocation of county court administration
order),
(c) the Commissioner’s disqualification undertaking is accepted under
section 7 or 8 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 or
under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland)
Order 2002, or
(d) the Commissioner is convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel
Islands or the Isle of Man of an offence and receives a sentence of
imprisonment (whether suspended or not).