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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-9/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 9 (vacation of office on account of non-attendance)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “and (3)” substitute “ to (4) ”;\n(b) after subsection (3) add—\n“(4) Any period during which a councillor is suspended or partially suspended under Part 9 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 is to be disregarded for the purpose of calculating the period of six months under subsection (1) (and accordingly—\n(a) a period during which a councillor fails to attend meetings of the council that falls immediately before, and\n(b) a period during which a councillor fails to attend meetings of the council that falls immediately after,\na period of suspension or partial suspension are to be treated as consecutive).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 1 in operation at 2.6.2014 by S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/schedule/9/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+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."
}