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  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/27",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-buildings-restoration-and-renewal-act-2019",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) A person ceases to be a member of the Estimates Commission—\n(a) on becoming a Minister of the Crown,\n(b) on the passing of a resolution to that effect by the relevant House,\n(c) on ceasing to be a member of the relevant House (subject to sub-paragraph (4)),\n(d) if the relevant House orders the suspension of the member from the service of that House for a specified period of the requisite length, or\n(e) in the case of a Lords member, the member is granted leave of absence in accordance with Standing Orders of the House of Lords.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) a specified period is “of the requisite length” if—\n(a) where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, it is a period of at least 10 sitting days, or\n(b) in any other case, the period (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(d) it does not matter—\n(a) when the period of suspension starts, and\n(b) where that period is expressed as a number of sitting days, what provision (if any) is made by the relevant House regarding what does, or does not, count as a sitting day for the purpose of calculating that period.\n(4) Where a Commons member ceases to be a member of the House of Commons on the dissolution of Parliament prior to a Parliamentary general election—\n(a) sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not apply, and\n(b) unless the person is re-elected to the House of Commons at the election, the person ceases to be a member of the Estimates Commission—\n(i) on the appointment of a new Commons member in the person's place, or\n(ii) if no new Commons member is appointed, at the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the person ceases to be a member of the House of Commons.\n(5) For the purposes of this Schedule (other than this paragraph), a person is to be treated as a member of the House of Commons for any period during which—\n(a) the person continues to be a member of the Estimates Commission as a result of sub-paragraph (4)(a), and\n(b) is not a member of the House of Commons.\n(6) In this paragraph “the relevant House”, in relation to a member of the Estimates Commission, means the House of Parliament from which the member is drawn.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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