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Paragraph 5 sets out the circumstances under which a Commissioner’s appointment may terminate early. A Commissioner may resign, or may become disqualified from holding office under paragraph 3.
As I have indicated, depending on who is in Government after May, if I am involved, I would certainly be very interested in having further conversations on how such measures could be taken forward.
It has been advised that its arrangements, which were rushed through ahead of the elections in May 2016, with the Parliament unable to scrutinise the deal but ministers able to make political capital out of it, may be unlawful.