{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-scotland-act-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-scotland-act-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/11",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Scotland Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A member of Consumer Scotland may resign by giving notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) A person's membership of Consumer Scotland ends if the person becomes disqualified as a member after appointment.\n(3) A person becomes disqualified as a member after appointment if, during the person's period of appointment as a member, any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph 3(1) applies to the person.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers may, by giving notice to the member in writing, remove a member if—\n(a) the member has been absent, without reasonable excuse, from 3 consecutive meetings of Consumer Scotland, or\n(b) the Scottish Ministers consider that the member is—\n(i) unable to perform the functions of a member, or\n(ii) unsuitable to continue as a member.​",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.4.2022 by S.S.I. 2021/464, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/11/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:47.237967+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."
}