Tenure, removal, resignation etc
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12(1)The Lord Chief Justice, if satisfied by means of a medical certificate that a person holding the office of President of Welsh Tribunals—
(a)is disabled by permanent infirmity from the performance of the duties of the office, and
(b)is for the time being incapacitated from resigning the office,
may, subject to sub-paragraph (2), by instrument under his or her hand declare the person to have vacated the office; and the instrument has the equivalent effect for all purposes as if the person had on the date of the instrument resigned the office.
(2)A declaration under sub-paragraph (1) with respect to a person is of no effect unless it is made with the concurrence of—
(a)the Lord Chancellor, and
(b)the Welsh Ministers.