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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whitehills-harbour-and-marina-constitution-order-2013/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/308",
  "legislation_title": "The Whitehills Harbour and Marina (Constitution) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/whitehills-harbour-and-marina-constitution-order-2013",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Failure of appointment",
  "text": "In the case of the failure or partial failure at any time of an appointment to fill a vacancy under the terms of this order, including the case where there are fewer applicants for a vacancy to be filled by the appointing body under paragraph (4) of article 6, the Commissioners may fill that vacancy by co-opting as a Commissioner any person whom they consider to be suitable having regard to the provisions of this Order and any person so co-opted shall, in respect of continuance in office, be on the same footing as if that person had been appointed on the appointment date immediately preceding the co-option.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/308/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:29.475759+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."
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