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  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Standards Act 2009",
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  "text": "(1) The chair of the IPSA is to be appointed by Her Majesty on an address of the House of Commons.\n(2) An ordinary member of the IPSA is to be appointed by Her Majesty on an address of the House of Commons.\n(3) A motion for an address under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) may be made only with the agreement of the Speaker.\n(4) The person the subject of the motion must have been selected by the Speaker on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.\n(5) The Speaker must not select a candidate without the agreement of the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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