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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1973/schedule-17/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/38",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the Board—\n(a) has been absent from meetings of the Board for a period longer than 3 consecutive months without the Board’s permission; or\n(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors,\nthe Secretary of State may remove that member.\n(2) In the application of sub-paragraph (1) above to Scotland, for the references to a member’s having become bankrupt and to his having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member’s estate having been awarded and to his having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.\n(3) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, the Secretary of State may remove a member of the Board on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/38/schedule/17/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:10.263136+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."
}