{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1537",
  "legislation_title": "The General Chiropractic Council (Constitution and Procedure) Rules Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Grounds of removal",
  "text": "(1) A member of the Council may be removed from office if–\n(a) he has failed to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council;\n(b) he has been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct or of professional incompetence in accordance with the provisions of the Act;\n(c) he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;\n(d) he is a patient for the purposes of Part VII of the Mental Health Act 1983, or is otherwise incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of properly managing his property or affairs;\n(e) he has disclosed to another person who is not a member of the Council (or of a committee or sub-committee of the Council) without the consent of the Council any information which is known to him in confidence by reason of his membership of the Council;\n(f) he has been convicted in a court of law of a criminal offence relevant to his fitness to continue in office;\n(g) he has brought the Council into disrepute or has otherwise acted contrary to the best interests of the Council; or\n(h) not being a chiropractor, since becoming a member of the Council he has been found guilty of misconduct by another professional or regulatory body.\n(2) A member may be removed by the Council only if it has concluded in accordance with the procedure in Rule 3 that the circumstances falling within paragraph (1) in his case are sufficient to warrant his removal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1537/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:53.872204+00:00"
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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."
}