{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Procedure for removal",
  "text": "(1) A decision by the Council to remove a member of the Council from office shall be made by resolution of the Council passed at a meeting of the Council by a majority of the members of the Council present and voting; and for this purpose, the member proposed to be removed shall not be entitled to vote.\n(2) Not later than the beginning of a period of 14 days ending with the day appointed for the meeting at which any such resolution is proposed to be passed, the Chairman of the Council shall send to the member concerned a written statement of the grounds of the proposal, notice of the date, time and place of the meeting and an invitation that he should (at the choice of the member concerned) either submit written representations for consideration at the meeting or attend the meeting for the purpose of being heard before the decision is taken.\n(3) The removal of a member under Rule 2 shall have effect from the time the resolution of removal is passed or, if the resolution specifies some later date, on that later date.\n(4) No decision under paragraph (1) may be taken unless at least 12 members of the Council (other than the member proposed to be removed) are present at the meeting concerned.\n(5) The written statement, notice and invitation referred to in paragraph (2) may be sent by post to the address of the member concerned which appears in the register pursuant to section 6(1)(b) of the Act, or if he is not a registered chiropractor, to his last known place of residence.",
  "extent": null,
  "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/uksi/1999/1537/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:53.872204+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."
}