{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1971/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1971/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/75",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Aviation Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1971",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Authority for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Authority ; or\n(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors ; or\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 shall notify the declaration in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.\n(2) In the application of the preceding sub-paragraph to Scotland for the references in paragraph (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": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/75/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:30.933727+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."
}