{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993/schedule-4A/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993/schedule-4A/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Lottery etc. Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Chairman or another member may be removed from office by the Secretary of State on the grounds that—\n(a) a bankruptcy order has been made against him or a debt relief order has been made in respect of him (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), , his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors, or\n(b) he is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State , unable, unfit or unwilling to discharge the functions of his office.\n(2) Before exercising the power under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of a person appointed for the purpose of satisfying paragraph 1(3)(b), (c) or (d) the Secretary of State shall consult—\n(a) the National Assembly for Wales, in the case of a person appointed for the purpose of satisfying paragraph 1(3)(b),\n(b) the Scottish Ministers, in the case of a person appointed for the purpose of satisfying paragraph 1(3)(c), and\n(c) the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, in the case of a person appointed for the purpose of satisfying paragraph 1(3)(d).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (1.8.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), s. 22(1), Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2177, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4A substituted (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9(15)(a) (with art. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4A para. 4(1)(a) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 29(3) (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/39/schedule/4A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:51.269626+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."
}