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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Appointment of Acting Chairman",
  "text": "(1) In the event of–\n(a) there being a vacancy in the office of Chairman of the Council; or\n(b) the Chairman of the Council being unable to attend to the business of his office by virtue of illness, absence or other substantial unavailability; the Council may appoint an Acting Chairman to exercise the functions of the office of Chairman during the period of vacancy, illness, absence or other substantial unavailability.\n(2) The Acting Chairman may be appointed at any meeting of the Council, but so far as practicable the Registrar shall give notice of any proposed appointment to the members of the Council, whether by including it on any agenda distributed before the meeting or in some other manner.\n(3) If it appears to the Council at any time that any such vacancy, illness, absence or other substantial unavailability as is mentioned in paragraph (1) may occur, it may appoint an Acting Chairman designate under this rule, to take office as Acting Chairman upon the event concerned occurring, and paragraph (2) shall apply to such an appointment.\n(4) Nothing in this Rule shall affect the operation of paragraph 48(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1537/schedule/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}