{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-2007/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-2007/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/616",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order",
  "text": "(1) In article 3 of the principal Order (terms of office of elected members)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “this article” insert “, article 3A”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) for “eight years” substitute “nine and a half years”, and\n(ii) for “eleven years” substitute “twelve and a half years”;\n(c) for paragraph (5), substitute the following paragraph—\n“(5) Where an elected member dies, resigns or otherwise ceases to be a member before completing his term of office, the vacancy need only be filled if as a consequence—\n(a) there will be a vacancy among the elected members for twelve months or longer; and\n(b) unless that vacancy is filled, the number of elected members will not exceed the number of appointed and nominated members,\nin which case there is a casual vacancy, and subject to paragraph (6), an election shall be held to fill the casual vacancy.”;\n(d) in paragraph (6), omit “subject to paragraph (7)”; and\n(e) omit paragraph (7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/616/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:59:46.588226+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."
}