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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-5A/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-5A/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/5A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers may, by written notice, remove a member from office if they are satisfied that—\n(a) the member—\n(i) has been adjudged bankrupt;\n(ii) has granted a trust deed for creditors or a composition contract;\n(iii) has proposed a voluntary arrangement which has been approved;\n(b) the member's estate has been sequestrated;\n(c) the member has been absent from 3 consecutive meetings of HIS without the permission of HIS;\n(d) the member is otherwise unfit or unable to discharge the functions of a member.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (1.8.2010 for certain purposes, 1.10.2010 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 110(1), 134(7), Sch. 16; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2)(3), Sch.; S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/5A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:48.038600+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."
}