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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/28",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State may remove a member from office if he is satisfied that the member—\n(a) has been adjudged bankrupt, has made an arrangement with his creditors, has had his estate sequestrated or has granted a trust deed for his creditors or a composition contract;\n(b) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness;\n(c) has been absent from meetings of SNH for a period longer than three months without the permission of SNH; or\n(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member or is unsuitable to continue as a member.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 wholly in force at 27.11.1991 see s. 28(2) and S.I. 1991/2633, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/28/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
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  },
  "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."
}