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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/schedule-1C/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014/schedule-1C/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/2",
  "legislation_title": "Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-audit-and-accountability-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1C/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Professional qualifications",
  "text": "(1) The criteria and procedures in place under paragraph 2 must be designed to secure that—\n(a) an individual—\n(i) may be entered in the register only if the individual meets the qualification requirement, and\n(ii) is to be removed from the register as soon as possible after ceasing to meet that requirement;\n(b) a firm—\n(i) may be entered in the register only if the firm meets the qualified control requirement, and\n(ii) is to be removed from the register before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the firm ceases to meet that requirement.\n(2) See Part 1 of Schedule 1D for the requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 1B-1D inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(6), Sch. 35"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/schedule/1C/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:55.780103+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."
}