{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1972/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Resignation.",
  "text": "(1) A councillor may at any time resign his office as such by notice signed by him and served on the clerk of the council.\n(2) A resignation shall take effect upon the receipt by the clerk of the notice of resignation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:08.839580+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."
}