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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1947/schedule-NINTH/paragraph-16A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/10-11/48",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1947",
  "path": "schedule/NINTH/paragraph/16A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the chairman of the Agricultural Land Tribunal is prevented by sickness or any other reason from making nominations under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of the last foregoing paragraph or from otherwise discharging the duties of his office, those duties may be discharged by a person appointed from the panel of deputy-chairmen ... by the chairman or, if the chairman is unable to make the appointment, by the Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor\n(2) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 paras. 13–16, 16A substituted for paras. 13-16 by Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16A(1): Sch. 9 para. 16A renumbered as Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(7)(a) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 193(7)(b) (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 16A(1) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(b); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16A(2) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 33(3)(c); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16A extended by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), s. 42(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16A applied (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 31(3), 76(2), (with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6), 74(3)(4))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/48/schedule/NINTH/paragraph/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:47.960910+00:00"
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  "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."
}