{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-regulations-1990/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-regulations-1990/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1719",
  "legislation_title": "The Prescription Pricing Authority Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Tenure of office of members",
  "text": "(1) The tenure of office of a member appointed under regulation 3(1) shall be, subject to regulation 7, for such period, not exceeding 3 years beginning on the date of his appointment, as the Secretary of State shall specify on appointing him.\n(2) The person who is a member by virtue of paragraph (f) of article 5 of the Constitution Order shall, subject to paragraph (3), hold office for so long as he remains the chief officer of the Pricing Authority.\n(3) Where, for any period, a person mentioned in paragraph (2) is suspended from his duties as chief officer of the Pricing Authority—\n(a) he shall also be suspended for that period from performing his functions as a member, and\n(b) any person appointed to act in his place as chief officer shall also be appointed to perform his functions as a member of that Authority for that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1719/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:08:17.773024+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."
}