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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newport-south-wales-harbour-revision-constitution-order-2003/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2679",
  "legislation_title": "The Newport (South Wales) Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/newport-south-wales-harbour-revision-constitution-order-2003",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Disqualification of Commissioners",
  "text": "(1) If the Commissioners are satisfied that a Commissioner—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Commissioners for a period of three consecutive months without the permission of the Commissioners; or\n(b) has become bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his creditors; or\n(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness from discharging the functions of a Commissioner; or\n(d) is otherwise unable, unwilling or unfit to discharge the functions of a Commissioner;\nthe Commissioners may declare his office as a Commissioner to be vacant and thereupon the office shall become vacant.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) of this Article the attendance of a Commissioner at a meeting of any committee of the Commissioners of which he is a member may be treated as attendance at a meeting of the Commissioners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2679/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:46:57.491354+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."
}