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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/41",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Trading Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) There shall be a chairman of the Commission appointed from among the regular members by the Secretary of State; and the Secretary of State may appoint not more than three other regular members to be deputy chairmen.\n(2) The chairman or a deputy chairman may at any time resign his office as such by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State.\n(3) The Secretary of State may remove a chairman or deputy chairman of the Commission on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.\n(4) If the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Commission ceases to be a regular member of the Commission, he shall also cease to be chairman or, as the case may be, a deputy chairman.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/41/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:02.300806+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."
}