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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/20",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Reform Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(1) A person holds and vacates office as a non-executive member of the SSRO in accordance with the terms and conditions of his or her appointment.\n(2) Appointment as a member of the SSRO is for a term of—\n(a) not less than three years, and\n(b) not more than six years.\n(3) A person may at any time resign from office as a non-executive member by giving notice to the Secretary of State.\n(4) The Secretary of State may at any time remove a member from office on any of the following grounds—\n(a) incapacity;\n(b) misconduct (which may include breach of a term or condition of the member's appointment);\n(c) failure to carry out his or her duties.\n(5) The Secretary of State may suspend a person from office as a non-executive member if it appears to the Secretary of State that there are or may be grounds to remove the person from office under sub-paragraph (4).\n(6) A person who ceases to be a non-executive member is eligible for reappointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 14.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1751, art. 3(g)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/20/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
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  },
  "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."
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