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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-of-england-act-1946/schedule-SECOND/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/27",
  "legislation_title": "Bank of England Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bank-of-england-act-1946",
  "path": "schedule/SECOND/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person shall be disqualified for holding the office of Governor, Deputy Governor or director if—\n(a) he is . . . a Minister of the Crown, or a person serving in a Government Department in employment in respect of which remuneration is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; or\n(b) he is an alien within the meaning of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts 1914 to 1943; or\n(c) he is subject to any disqualification which may be imposed by the charter of the Bank;\nand a person shall vacate any such office if he becomes subject to any such disqualification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (c. 20), Sch. 4 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/27/schedule/SECOND/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:25:20.878378+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."
}