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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-and-legal-services-act-1990/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/41",
  "legislation_title": "Courts and Legal Services Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-and-legal-services-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every member of the Board—\n(a) shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding three years, as the Secretary of State may specify; and\n(b) shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) Any person who ceases to be a member of the Board shall be eligible for re-appointment.\n(3) A member of the Board may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State .\n(4) The Secretary of State may remove a member of the Board if satisfied—\n(a) that he has failed to carry out his duties;\n(b) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him or that his estate has been sequestrated or that he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or\n(c) that he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member of the Board.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Schs. 3-6 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 8(1)(d) (with arts. 6, 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 in force 1. 4. 1991 see s. 124(3) and S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:54.699974+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."
}