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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-development-act-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/1",
  "legislation_title": "Industrial Development Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/industrial-development-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed as a member for more than five years at a time.\n(3) A person may at any time resign his office as a member by notice in writing to the Department.\n(4) A person appointed as chairman or deputy chairman of INI—\n(a) shall hold and vacate that office in accordance with the terms of his appointment;\n(b) may resign that office by notice in writing to the Department; and\n(c) shall cease to hold that office if he ceases to be a member.\n(5) The Department may by notice in writing remove a person from office as a member or as chairman or deputy chairman of INI.\n(6) A person who ceases (otherwise than by virtue of sub-paragraph (5)) to be a member or to be the chairman or deputy chairman of INI shall be eligible for re-appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/1/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:42.141023+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."
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