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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ada-national-college-for-digital-skills-government-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/767",
  "legislation_title": "The Ada National College for Digital Skills (Government) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ada-national-college-for-digital-skills-government-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointment of the Members of the Corporation",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall be the appointing body for the first members of the Corporation. Subject thereto and subject to sub-clause 4(2) the Corporation is the appointing authority in relation to subsequent appointments of its members.\n(2) If the number of members falls below the number needed for a quorum, the Secretary of State is the appointing authority in relation to the appointment of those members needed for a quorum.\n(3) The appointing authority may decline to appoint a member if—\n(a) it is satisfied that the person has been removed from office as a member of a further education corporation in the previous ten years; or\n(b) the appointment of the person would contravene any rule or bye-law made under article 16 of the Articles of Government concerning the number of terms of office which a person may serve, provided that such rules or bye-laws make the same provision for each category of members appointed by the appointing authority; or\n(c) the person is ineligible to be a member of the corporation because of clause 7.\n(4) Where the office of any member becomes vacant the appointing authority shall as soon as practicable take all necessary steps to appoint a new member to fill the vacancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/767/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:33.568416+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}