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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/28",
  "legislation_title": "Food Standards Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person may be removed from office as chairman, deputy chairman or other member only if—\n(a) he has been made bankrupt,has had a debt relief order made in respect of him (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), has had his estate sequestrated or has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or\n(b) he is failing to carry out the duties of his office or is otherwise unable or unfit to carry out those duties.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 4(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/481), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(a) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 43 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/28/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:47.601294+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."
}