{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-of-tourism-act-1969/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-of-tourism-act-1969/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/51",
  "legislation_title": "Development of Tourism Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-of-tourism-act-1969",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the relevant Minister is satisfied that a member of the Board—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Board for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Board; or\n(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or\n(ba) has had a debt relief order made in respect of him (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986); 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 relevant Minister may declare his office as a member of the Board to be vacant and shall notify the fact in such manner as he thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.\n(2) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, for the references in the last foregoing sub-paragraph 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.\n(3) In this paragraph, references to a member of the Board do not, in so far as sub-paragraph (1)(ba) applies, include persons who are members of VisitScotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(ba) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5(3) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4(3) (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/51/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:58.186960+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."
}