{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-tyne-harbour-revision-order-2016/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-tyne-harbour-revision-order-2016/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/877",
  "legislation_title": "The Port of Tyne Harbour Revision Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-tyne-harbour-revision-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of 1974 Order",
  "text": "For article 4(2) of the 1974 Order there is substituted –\n“(2) A member appointed by the Secretary of State under article 3(1)(a) shall, unless appointed to fill a casual vacancy and subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 to the 1967 Scheme, hold office for a period of 3 years following his appointment or for such lesser period as the Secretary of State may specify.\n(3) A casual vacancy arising in the office of chairman or other member appointed by the Secretary of State under article 3(1)(a) shall, unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so, be filled by the appointment of a chairman or, as the case may be, other member by the Secretary of State.\n(4) The Secretary of State may fill a casual vacancy in the office of chairman by appointing as the chairman a person who is already a member appointed under article 3(1)(a) and, if the Secretary of State does so, the appointment shall be deemed to create a casual vacancy in the office of the member who is appointed as the chairman.\n(5) A member appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 to the 1967 Scheme, hold office during the remainder of the term for which the member whom he replaces was appointed or such other period (not exceeding 3 years) as the Secretary of State may specify.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/877/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:28.210275+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."
}