{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/37",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State may remove a Chair or other member , other than an ONR member, who—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Executive for a period longer than six months without the permission of the Executive;\n(b) has become bankrupt or has had a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) made in respect of him or has made an arrangement with his creditors;\n(c) in Scotland, has had his estate sequestrated or has made a trust deed for creditors or a composition contract;\n(d) has become incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or\n(e) is otherwise, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, unable or unfit to carry out his functions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (1.4.2008) by The Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/960), art. 20, Sch. 1 (with art. 21, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5 inserted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 15(8); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:47.162415+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."
}