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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-bann-navigation-order-northern-ireland-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/395",
  "legislation_title": "The River Bann Navigation Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-bann-navigation-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(1) The Commissioners shall consist of up to 12 persons who shall be appointed by the Council.\n(2) The Commissioners shall consist of:–\n(a) three members of the Council;\n(b) two persons representing users of the harbour;\n(c) six persons who are not members of the Council; and\n(d) the General Manager or other senior officer of the Commissioners for the time being.\n(3) (a) A person appointed as Commissioner under sub-paragraph (2) other than a person referred to in sub-paragraphs (2)(a) or (d) shall hold office for a period of 4 years or such lesser period as the Council may determine but shall be eligible for re-appointment.\n(b) A person appointed under sub-paragraph (2)(a) shall be eligible to serve as Commissioner for a period coterminous with his membership of the Council and any person so appointed who ceases to be a member of the Council shall thereupon cease to be a Commissioner.\n(c) A person referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(d) shall hold office as Commissioner so long as he holds the qualifying office by virtue of which he was appointed.\n(4) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b) the Council shall designate a Commissioner as Chairman of the Commissioners and may designate another Commissioner as Deputy Chairman.\n(b) A person referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(d) shall not hold the office of Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Commissioners.\n(5) The Commissioners shall appoint a person to act as General Manager to the Commissioners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/395/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:35.202352+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."
}