{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-council-establishment-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-council-establishment-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/293",
  "legislation_title": "The Advisory Council (Establishment) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advisory-council-establishment-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Tenure and removal from office",
  "text": "(1) Each member of the Council–\n(a) shall be appointed by the Scottish Ministers for such period as is specified in the appointment;\n(b) may, by giving notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers, resign as a member;\n(c) in other respects, shall hold and vacate office on such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers may determine;\n(d) after ceasing to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment as a member.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by notice in writing remove a member from office if satisfied that the member–\n(i) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness;\n(ii) has been absent, without the permission of the Scottish Ministers, from all meetings of the Council and any of its committees to which the member has been appointed, for a period longer than six consecutive months; or\n(iii) has become otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the member’s functions as a member or is unsuitable to continue as a member,\nand thereupon the office shall become vacant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/293/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:40:47.838327+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."
}