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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-reform-act-2014/schedule-4/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "(1) Where a person is suspended from office as the chair under paragraph 3(5), the Secretary of State may appoint a non-executive member as interim chair to exercise the chair's functions.\n(2) Appointment as interim chair is for a term not exceeding the shorter of—\n(a) the period ending with either—\n(i) the appointment of a new chair, or\n(ii) the revocation or expiry of the existing chair's suspension, and\n(b) the remainder of the interim chair's term as a non-executive member.\n(3) A person who ceases to be the interim chair is eligible for reappointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 14.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1751, art. 3(g)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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