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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0337377170",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person shall hold and vacate office as a member or as chairman of the Council in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.\n(2) A member shall be deemed to have vacated his office and the Council shall declare his place vacant in the following circumstances—\n(a) where he gives to the Head of the Department a notice in writing of his resignation;\n(b) where he becomes bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his creditors;\n(c) where, in the opinion of the Head of the Department, he becomes unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member and the Head of the Department so informs the Council in writing;\n(d) where he is convicted of an indictable offence and is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 months; or\n(e) where he fails, without leave of the Council, to attend any meetings of the Council or of a committee or sub-committee thereof for a period of 6 consecutive months.\n(3) If the chairman or deputy chairman of the Council ceases to be a member of the Council, he shall also cease to be chairman or deputy chairman.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377170/schedule/3/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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