{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-shipbuilders-regulations-1977/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-shipbuilders-regulations-1977/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/626",
  "legislation_title": "The British Shipbuilders Regulations 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-shipbuilders-regulations-1977",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Corporation—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Corporation for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Corporation;\n(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors;\n(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or\n(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member;\nthe Secretary of State may declare his office as a member to be vacant; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.\n(2) In the application of the preceding paragraph to Scotland, for the references in subparagraph (b) to a member's having become bankrupt and to a member's having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member's estate having been awarded and to a member's having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2404",
      "affecting_title": "The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/626/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:04:05.425552+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."
}