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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2371",
  "legislation_title": "The Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (Scotland) Order of Council 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Vacation of office of governor",
  "text": "A governor shall be deemed to have vacated his office as governor and the governing body of which he was a member and shall declare the place vacant in any of the following circumstances—\n(a) where he intimates in writing to the governing body his resignation as a governor;\n(b) where his estate is sequestrated or a bankruptcy order is made against him or he has granted a trust deed for, or entered into an arrangement with, his creditors;\n(c) where he becomes unable to carry out his duties as a governor by reason of physical or mental illness;\n(d) where he has failed to attend any meetings of the governing body or any of its committees or sub-committees for a period longer than 6 consecutive months otherwise than for a reason approved by the governing body;\n(e) in the case of a staff governor whose appointment falls to be made under article 4(1)(c) either from among the members of the academic council or from the full-time academic or non-academic staff of the institution, when he ceases to be a member of the academic council or the full-time academic or non-academic staff, as the case may be; or\n(f) where in accordance with article 10 he becomes ineligible to remain in office as a governor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2371/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:26:12.699023+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."
}