Senior sources have told me he gave the ECB his notice - aperiodof 12 months - before the World Cup game against Bangladesh on 11 April, with the intention of serving out that period.
Companies could be barred from using rolling contracts - where the contract is renewed each day so that at any given time directors have a fixed noticeperiod to serve - to get around limits on the length of time they may serve.
The committee previously raised concern over the decision to give the former boss of Transport Scotland a pay-off equivalent to six months salary, when his noticeperiod was three months.
But an amended breach disclosure law might require sites to post anotice on a site itself, warning users that it had been compromised over a certain periodof time.