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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horserace-betting-and-olympic-lottery-act-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horserace-betting-and-olympic-lottery-act-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/25",
  "legislation_title": "Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horserace-betting-and-olympic-lottery-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Chairman or another member of the Distributor may be removed from office by the Secretary of State... on the grounds that—\n(a) a bankruptcy order has been made against him, his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or\n(b) he is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State..., unable, unfit or unwilling to discharge the functions of his office.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5 omitted (7.7.2010) by virtue of Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1551), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5 in force at 8.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1831, art. 2"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/25/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:00.888714+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."
}