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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-4/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/8",
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  "number": "8",
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  "text": "(1) A member of the Council may at any time, by notice in writing to the secretary of the Council, resign his office.\n(2) When a member of the Council other than a co-opted member ceases to hold office otherwise than upon expiration of his period of office, his place shall be taken by a person appointed in the same manner as the member in question.\n(3) A person taking office by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above shall retire when the person whose place he takes would normally have retired.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedule/4/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:00.472012+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."
}