{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-justice-scotland-act-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/10",
  "legislation_title": "Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Community Justice Scotland is to consist of—\n(a) a member appointed by the Scottish Ministers to chair Community Justice Scotland, and\n(b) at least 5 but no more than 8 other members appointed by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may not appoint a person as a member if the person is—\n(a) a member of the Scottish Parliament,\n(b) a member of the House of Commons,\n(c) a member of the House of Lords,\n(d) a member of the European Parliament.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers must make appointments of members of Community Justice Scotland in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunity requirements.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (3), “equal opportunities” and “equal opportunity requirements” have the same meanings as in Section L2 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998.\n(5) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify sub-paragraph (1)(b) by substituting for the minimum or maximum number of members for the time being specified there such other number as they consider appropriate.\n(6) Regulations under sub-paragraph (5) are subject to the negative procedure.\n(7) The members of Community Justice Scotland may elect from their number a member to—\n(a) deputise for the person appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(a),\n(b) act during any period when there is no person appointed under that sub-paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.10.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2016/262, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.4.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2017/33, reg. 2(3)"
    }
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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."
}