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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greater-manchester-combined-authority-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111506318",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greater-manchester-combined-authority-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Membership",
  "text": "(1) Each constituent council is to appoint one of its elected members to be a member of the GMCA.\n(2) Each constituent council is to appoint another of its elected members to act as a member of the GMCA in the absence of the member appointed under sub-paragraph (1) (“the substitute member”).\n(3) A person ceases to be a member or substitute member of the GMCA if they cease to be a member of the constituent council that appointed them.\n(4) A person may resign as a member or substitute member of the GMCA by written notice served on the proper officer of the constituent council that appointed them and the resignation shall take effect on receipt of the notice by the proper officer.\n(5) Where a member or substitute member’s appointment ceases by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) or (4) the constituent council that made the appointment must, as soon as practicable, give written notice of that fact to the GMCA and appoint another of its elected members in that person’s place.\n(6) A constituent council may at any time terminate the appointment of a member or substitute member appointed by it to the GMCA and appoint another of its elected members in that person’s place.\n(7) Where a constituent council exercises its power under sub-paragraph (6), it must give written notice of the new appointment and the termination of the previous appointment to the GMCA and the new appointment shall take effect and the previous appointment terminate at the end of one week from the date on which the notice is given or such longer period not exceeding one month as is specified in the notice.\n(8) For the purposes of this paragraph, an elected mayor of a constituent council is to be treated as a member of the constituent council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111506318/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "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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