{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commission may establish committees.\n(2) A committee of the Commission may establish sub-committees.\n(3) A person may not be a member of a committee or sub-committee unless he is a Commissioner.\n(4) The Commission may delegate functions to a committee, and a committee may delegate functions (including functions delegated to them) to a sub-committee.\n(5) The function of making a selection under this Part of this Act may be delegated only to a committee or sub-committee whose members include at least one who is a holder of judicial office and at least one lay member.\n(6) In sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) references to a committee do not include references to a selection panel appointed under section 70 , 75B or 79.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 20(5) substituted (4.9.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 25; S.I. 2013/2200, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 12 para. 20(6) inserted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 80; S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/12/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+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."
}