{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-committee-on-hazardous-substances-terms-of-office-regulations-1991/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-committee-on-hazardous-substances-terms-of-office-regulations-1991/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1488",
  "legislation_title": "The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Terms of Office) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-committee-on-hazardous-substances-terms-of-office-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Terms of Office",
  "text": "–\n(1) Each member of the Committee, including the person appointed as chairman:\n(a) shall be appointed initially for a period, not exceeding three years, ending on the 31st December;\n(b) may be re-appointed for one or more further periods of three years; and\n(c) may, by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State, resign his membership.\n(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Committee (including the person appointed as chairman):\n(a) is incapacitated by mental or physical illness; or\n(b) has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the Committee; or\n(c) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member, or is unsuitable to continue as a member;\nthe Secretary of State may remove him from his office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1488/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:09.557176+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."
}