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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/74",
  "legislation_title": "Race Relations Act 1976 (Repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-act-1976-repealed",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A Commissioner shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed a Commissioner for more than five years.\n(3) With the consent of the Commissioner concerned, the Secretary of State may alter the terms of an appointment so as to make a full-time Commissioner into a part-time Commissioner or vice versa, or for any other purpose.\n(4) A Commissioner may resign by notice to the Secretary of State.\n(5) The Secretary of State may terminate the appointment of a Commissioner if satisfied that—\n(a) without the consent of the Commission, he failed to attend the meetings of the Commission during a continuous period of six months beginning not earlier than nine months before the termination; or\n(b) he is an undischarged bankrupt, or has made an arrangement with his creditors, or is insolvent within the meaning of paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 3 to the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970; or\n(c) he is by reason of physical or mental illness, or for any other reason, incapable of carrying out his duties.\n(6) Past service as a Commissioner is no bar to re-appointment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1970 c. 35."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/74/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:40.403215+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."
}