{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/759",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointment and qualification of officers",
  "text": "In section 41 of the principal Act (appointment and qualification of officers)—\n(a) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—\n“(3) A person shall not be appointed to—\n(a) the office of clerk of a council; or\n(b) such other office under a council as the Department may determine,\nunless he possesses such qualifications as the Department may determine.”;\n(b) in subsection (3A) for the words “may be prescribed” there shall be substituted the words “the Department may determine”;\n(c) subsection (6) shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/759/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:23.631208+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."
}