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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-authority-regulations-2008/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/631",
  "legislation_title": "The Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-authority-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Tenure of office",
  "text": "(1) A person appointed under regulation 6 shall hold office as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority for—\n(a) a term of four years, or\n(b) such shorter term as the Mayor appointing him may determine in any particular case, subject to the consent of the Secretary of State.\n(2) A person appointed under regulation 7 shall hold office as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority for—\n(a) a term of four years, or\n(b) such shorter term as the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority appointing him may determine in any particular case, subject to the consent of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/631/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:39.486903+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."
}