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Agricultural Marketing Act 1983

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4(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a member of Food from Britain and the chairman and deputy chairman shall hold and vacate office as such in accordance with the terms of his appointment, and previous tenure of any such office shall not affect eligibility for re-appointment.

(2)If the chairman or deputy chairman ceases to be a member of Food from Britain, he shall also cease to be chairman or deputy chairman.

(3)A member may at any time, by notice in writing addressed to the Ministers, or to any of them, resign his membership, and the chairman or deputy chairman may, by the like notice, resign his office as such.

(4)The Ministers may terminate a person's appointment as member of Food from Britain if they are satisfied—

(a)that he has been absent from meetings of Food from Britain without the consent of the other members for at least six consecutive months out of the nine months immediately preceding the termination of his appointment; or

(b)that he is an undischarged bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his creditors or has become notour bankrupt or has executed a trust deed for behoof of, or has made a composition contract or arrangement with, his creditors; or

(c)that he is incapacitated by reason of physical or mental illness ; or

(d)that he is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member of Food from Britain.

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