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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-constitution-order-of-council-2006/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1666",
  "legislation_title": "The General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-constitution-order-of-council-2006",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "By-election",
  "text": "In the event of a person who falls within article 2(a) or (b) ceasing to be a member of the Council by virtue of article 5—\n(a) a by-election shall be held to fill any such vacancy which occurs more than twelve months before the end of the period for which that member had been elected; and\n(b) the newly elected member’s term of office shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3172",
      "affecting_title": "The General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2007"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1666/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:27:00.480721+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."
}