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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-counter-fraud-authority-establishment-constitution-and-staff-and-other-transfer-provisions-order-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/958",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (Establishment, Constitution, and Staff and Other Transfer Provisions) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-counter-fraud-authority-establishment-constitution-and-staff-and-other-transfer-provisions-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Termination of tenure of office of chairperson and non-officer members",
  "text": "(1) The chairperson or a non-officer member may resign from that office at any time during the term of that office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is not in the interests of, or conducive to the good management of, the Authority or of the health service that the chairperson or non-officer member should continue to hold office, the Secretary of State may forthwith terminate the chairperson’s or non-officer member’s tenure of office by giving the chairperson or that member notice in writing to that effect.\n(3) If the chairperson or a non-officer member fails to attend three successive meetings of the Authority the Secretary of State must forthwith terminate that person’s tenure of office unless satisfied that—\n(a) the absence was due to a reasonable cause; and\n(b) the person in question will be able to attend meetings of the Authority within such a period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.\n(4) Where a person has been appointed to be the chairperson or a non-officer member, and becomes disqualified for appointment under paragraph 3, the chairperson or that member, as the case may be, must notify the Secretary of State in writing of such disqualification.\n(5) Where it comes to the notice of the Secretary of State (whether under sub-paragraph (4) or otherwise) that at the time of a person’s appointment or later that person was so disqualified, the Secretary of State must forthwith declare that the person in question was not duly appointed and notify that person in writing to that effect, and upon receipt of any such notification, the person’s tenure of office, if any, must be terminated, and the person must cease to act as chairperson or member, as the case may be.\n(6) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the chairperson or a non-officer member has failed to comply with paragraph 14 (disability on account of pecuniary interest) the Secretary of State may forthwith terminate that person’s tenure of office by giving the person notice in writing to that effect.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.11.2017, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/958/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:43.800686+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."
}