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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forth-estuary-transport-authority-order-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2002/0110599683",
  "legislation_title": "The Forth Estuary Transport Authority Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forth-estuary-transport-authority-order-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Cessation of membership of the Authority",
  "text": "(1) On any member of the Authority ceasing to be a member of the constituent local authority which appointed him he shall cease to be a member of the Authority.\n(2) A member of the Authority may resign his membership at any time. Such resignation shall–\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) be intimated to the head of the paid service of the constituent local authority by which he was appointed and to the clerk to the Authority; and\n(c) take effect on the date on which the clerk to the Authority receives such intimation or on such later date as may be specified in that intimation.\n(3) A member of the Authority who resigns his membership shall cease to be a member of the Authority on the date on which his resignation takes effect.\n(4) A member of the Authority shall cease to be a member of the Authority if and when the constituent local authority by which he was appointed so decides.\n(5) If any person ceases to be a member of the Authority, the constituent local authority which appointed him shall as soon as possible appoint a member in his place unless in the opinion of the constituent local authority the appointment should be deferred until the next appointment of members of the Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2002/0110599683/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:46.322096+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."
}