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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-constitution-order-2008/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2554",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 2008",
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  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Transitional arrangements in respect of the first chair of the General Council in 2009",
  "text": "Notwithstanding article 8(1) and (2), the person who was president of the General Council on 31st December 2008 shall, if reappointed to serve as a member of the General Council from 1st January 2009, be appointed by the General Council to serve as the chair of the General Council as constituted on 1st January 2009 for a term of six months.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2554/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:09.654484+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."
}