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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-order-2002/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3136",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-order-2002",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Provisions regarding the term of office of the President",
  "text": "(1) A member serving as President shall cease to hold the office of President upon ceasing to be a member.\n(2) Subject to the following provisions of this article, where—\n(a) a person holds the office of President when his term of office as a member expires; and\n(b) he is elected, appointed or nominated as a member for a further term under the provisions of this Order,\nhe shall be eligible for re-election as President.\n(3) No member may serve as President for more than an aggregate total of six years.\n(4) A person—\n(a) who holds the office of President when his term of office as a member expires; and\n(b) who, by reason of article 3(3) or 4(3) would not otherwise be eligible to stand for a further term of office,\nmay nonetheless be elected, appointed or nominated as a member for a further term until one of the events referred to in paragraph (5) below occurs.\n(5) The events referred to in paragraph (4) are either—\n(a) that he ceases to hold the office of President; or\n(b) that his further term of office has expired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/616",
      "affecting_title": "The General Medical Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3136/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:34.795688+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."
}