{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mid-eastern-combined-fire-services-area-administration-scheme-order-1995/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mid-eastern-combined-fire-services-area-administration-scheme-order-1995/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2637",
  "legislation_title": "The Mid Eastern Combined Fire Services Area Administration Scheme Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mid-eastern-combined-fire-services-area-administration-scheme-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Cessation of membership of the board",
  "text": "(1) On any member of the board ceasing to be a member of the constituent authority which appointed him he shall cease to be a member of the board.\n(2) A member of the board may resign his membership at any time.Such resignation shall—\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) be intimated to the head of the paid service of the constituent authority by which he was appointed and to the clerk to the board; and\n(c) take effect on the date on which the clerk to the board receives such intimation or on such later date as may be specified in that intimation.\n(3) A member of the board who resigns his membership shall cease to be a member of the board on the date on which his resignation takes effect.\n(4) A member of the board shall cease to be a member of the board if and when the constituent authority by which he was appointed so decides.\n(5) If any person ceases to be a member of the board, the constituent authority which appointed him shall as soon as possible appoint a member in his place unless in the opinion of the constituent authority the appointment should be deferred until the next appointment of members of the board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2637/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:16.088054+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."
}