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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-services-and-social-security-adjudications-act-1983/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/41",
  "legislation_title": "Health And Social Services And Social Security Adjudications Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-services-and-social-security-adjudications-act-1983",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State may remove a member from office if that member—\n(a) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors;\n(b) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness;\n(c) has been absent from meetings of the Council for a period of 6 months otherwise than for a reason approved by the Secretary of State; or\n(d) is in the opinion of the Secretary of State otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/41/schedule/3/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:07:08.155028+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."
}