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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009/section-243",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009/section-243.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Banking Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-2009",
  "path": "section/243",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "243",
  "heading": "Tenure",
  "text": "(1) At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Bank of England Act 1998 (Governor and Deputies: appointment) add—\n“(3) A person may not be appointed as Governor more than twice.\n(4) A person may not be appointed as Deputy Governor more than twice.”\n(2) At the end of paragraph 6 of that Schedule (re-appointment) insert “ (subject to paragraph 1(3) and (4)) ”.\n(3) After paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to that Act (Monetary Policy Committee: appointment) insert—\n“\n2A A person may not be appointed as a member of the Committee under section 13(2)(c) more than twice.”\n(4) At the end of paragraph 6 of that Schedule (re-appointment) insert “ (subject to paragraph 2A) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 243 in force at 1.6.2009 by S.I. 2009/1296, art. 2, Sch. para. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/1/section/243",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:28.246347+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."
}