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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pillotage-act-1983repealed-3041991/schedule-I/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/21",
  "legislation_title": "Pillotage Act 1983(repealed 30.4.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pillotage-act-1983repealed-3041991",
  "path": "schedule/I/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a Commissioner—\n(a) has been absent from the meetings of the Commission for a period longer than six consecutive months without the permission of the Commission ; or\n(b) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness ; or\n(c) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a Commissioner,\nthe Secretary of State may declare his office as a Commissioner to be vacant and shall notify the declaration in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit ; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/21/schedule/I/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:22.345538+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."
}