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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-northamptonshire-joint-committee-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-northamptonshire-joint-committee-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1552",
  "legislation_title": "The North Northamptonshire Joint Committee Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-northamptonshire-joint-committee-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointment of chairman and vice-chairman",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the joint committee shall at their annual meeting appoint one of their members to be chairman who shall, unless he resigns his office or ceases to be a member of the joint committee, continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act.\n(2) In the case of an equality of votes in respect of the appointment of a chairman the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.\n(3) The joint committee may at their annual meeting appoint one of their members to be vice-chairman who shall, unless he resigns his office or ceases to be a member of the joint committee, continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act.\n(4) A particular constituent authority’s appointee may not be appointed as chairman if any other person appointed by that authority has held that office (otherwise than to fill a casual vacancy) in the immediately preceding five years.",
  "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/2005/1552/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:57:41.884181+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."
}