# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 4

Extent: S

A member of a board shall vacate his office if he—
(a) ceases to be a member of the constituent water authority from which he was appointed in pursuance of section 84, or
(b) has, for a period of 12 consecutive months, been absent from meetings of the board, otherwise than by reason of illness or some other cause approved during that period by the board;
Provided that for the purposes of head (b) of this paragraph, the attendance of a member at a meeting of any committee of the board shall be treated as attendence at a meeting of the board.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/8/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-8/paragraph-4
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