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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentences-northern-ireland-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/0110296141",
  "legislation_title": "Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentences-northern-ireland-order-2001",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, dismiss a Commissioner if satisfied—\n(a) that he has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out his functions for a continuous period of three months beginning not earlier than six months before the day of dismissal;\n(b) that he has been convicted of a criminal offence;\n(c) that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate had been sequestrated, or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or\n(d) that he is unable or unfit to carry out his functions.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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