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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-29",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1913",
  "legislation_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/29",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Tenure of office by Premier",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall revoke the appointment of the Premier if a motion that the House of Assembly should declare a lack of confidence in the Government receives the affirmative votes of a majority of the elected members of the House; but before so revoking the Premier’s appointment, the Governor shall consult the Premier and if the Premier so requests, the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, may dissolve the House of Assembly instead of revoking the appointment.\n(2) The Premier shall vacate his or her office if, after the polling in a general election and before the House of Assembly first meets thereafter, the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, informs the Premier that he or she is about to appoint another person as Premier under section 27(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "appl (mod)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/701",
      "affecting_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) Order 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "suspended in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/701",
      "affecting_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) Order 2009"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1913/schedule/2/paragraph/29",
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  },
  "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."
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