Early termination 16 (1) A member of the Council may resign by giving notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers. (2) A person’s membership of the Council ends if— (a) the person resigns under sub-paragraph (1) with effect from 28 days of the date 25 the resignation was intimated to the Scottish Ministers, (b) the person becomes disqualified from being a member (see paragraph 17) with effect from the date of disqualification, or (c) the Scottish Ministers give the person written notice that the person is removed from the Council with effect from the date of the notice. 30 (3) The Scottish Ministers may remove a member of the Council by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(c) only if they consider that the member is— (a) unfit to continue to be a member, or (b) unable to perform the member's functions.