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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-maintenance-and-other-payments-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commission must establish a committee to discharge the following functions on its behalf—\n(a) the function under paragraph 9(4)(b);\n(b) the function under paragraph 10(2), so far as relating to executive directors;\n(c) the function under paragraph 12;\n(d) the function under paragraph 19.\n(2) The committee under sub-paragraph (1) is to consist of at least three members.\n(3) Only non-executive members of the Commission may be members of the committee under sub-paragraph (1).\n(4) The committee under sub-paragraph (1) is to be chaired by a person other than the person appointed to chair the Commission.\n(5) The committee under sub-paragraph (1) must prepare a report on the discharge of the functions mentioned in that sub-paragraph for inclusion in the annual report of the Commission to the Secretary of State under section 9.\n(6) The report under sub-paragraph (5) must relate to the same period as the Commission's report.\n(7) The committee under sub-paragraph (1) may establish sub-committees.\n(8) A sub-committee of the committee under sub-paragraph (1) may consist of or include persons who are not members of that committee or the Commission.\n(9) The members of any sub-committee of the committee under sub-paragraph (1) must not include persons who are executive members or other staff of the Commission.\n(10) The committee under sub-paragraph (1) may authorise any of its members or any of its sub-committees to discharge on its behalf—\n(a) the function mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d);\n(b) the duty to prepare a report under sub-paragraph (5).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/6/schedule/1/paragraph/20",
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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."
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