{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-constitution-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/442",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Constitution) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-constitution-order-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Terms of office of members",
  "text": "(1) The duration of the term of office of each member of the Council is to be determined by the Privy Council, on appointment.\n(2) No member of the Council may hold office as a member of the Council for more than an aggregate of 8 years during any period of 20 years.\n(3) For the purposes of the computation of years under paragraph (2), service as a member of the Council before 1st April 2005 is to be discounted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.4.2009, see art. 1(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/442/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:01.341884+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."
}