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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-metropolitan-area-rules-1991/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1426",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) (Metropolitan Area) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-metropolitan-area-rules-1991",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Vacancies in membership of panel",
  "text": "If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the panel, the Lord Chancellor may, subject to rule 5(1), nominate a justice to fill the vacancy who shall serve on the panel for a term commencing on a date determined by the Lord Chancellor and ending at the end of the period for which the other members were nominated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1426/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:32.179070+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."
}