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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-and-wiltshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-combination-scheme-order-2015/schedule/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority (Combination Scheme) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-and-wiltshire-fire-and-rescue-authority-combination-scheme-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Authority shall elect a chairman, and may elect a vice-chairman, from among the members of the Authority.\n(2) If a vice-chairman is elected, that vice-chairman must not be from the same constituent authority as the chairman.\n(3) The chairman, and vice-chairman if elected, shall, subject to paragraphs 8 to 11, hold office for such period not exceeding one year as the Authority shall determine and shall remain in office until a successor becomes entitled to act as chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (3) shall not prevent a person who holds or has held office as chairman or vice-chairman, as the case may be, from being elected or re-elected to either of those offices.\n(5) On a casual vacancy occurring in the office of chairman or vice-chairman, the Authority shall elect from its members a person to replace the chairman, and may elect a person to replace the vice-chairman.\n(6) The election of a chairman under sub-paragraph (5) shall take place not later than the next ordinary meeting of the Authority following the occurrence of the casual vacancy.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 13 in force at 1.4.2015 in accordance with art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/435/schedule/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:37.871028+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."
}