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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-45",
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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/45",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Appointed members",
  "text": "(1) Appointed members of the House of Assembly shall be appointed from among persons qualified under section 46, and so far as possible from among persons representing shades of opinion which would not otherwise be represented in the House, as follows—\n(a) one shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in his or her discretion;\n(b) two shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier;\n(c) one shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.\n(2) No person shall be appointed under this section who has unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for election as an elected member at any election since the last dissolution of the House of Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:25:42.847211+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."
}