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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-referral-units-management-committees-etc-england-regulations-2007/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2978",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc.) (England) Regulations 2007",
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  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Term of office",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a member is to hold office for a fixed period of four years from the date of his election or appointment.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any staff member who is the teacher in charge of a unit, who may hold office for as long as he is the teacher in charge.\n(3) The instrument of government may specify a shorter term of office for a particular category of member, being not less than one year.\n(4) This regulation does not prevent a member from—\n(a) being elected or appointed for a further term, except as otherwise provided in these regulations;\n(b) resigning his office in accordance with regulation 18(1);\n(c) being removed from office in accordance with regulation 19; or\n(d) being disqualified, by virtue of any provision of these Regulations, from holding or continuing to hold office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2978/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:42:42.116364+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."
}