{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to any order under subsection (1) of section 11 of this Act, the Authority may—\n(a) make provision for the appointment and constitution of committees and sub-committees;\n(b) make provision for the exercise of any of its functions by any of its committees, sub-committees, members or employees; and\n(c) regulate its own procedure and the procedure of—\n(i) any of its committees or sub-committees (including any such committee as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1A) of that section); or\n(ii) any member or employee to whom a function has been delegated under head (b) above.\n(1A) Delegation under sub-paragraph (1)(b) is to be without prejudice to the power of the Authority itself to exercise the function in question.\n(1B) Without prejudice to the generality of head (c) of sub-paragraph (1), regulation under that head may include provision as to any quorum.\n(2) The validity of any proceedings of the Authority or of any of its committees or sub-committees or of any of its members by whom functions are exercised by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) is not affected by any vacancy in membership nor any defect in the appointment of a member.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(1)-(1B) substituted (8.12.2005) for Sch. 2 para. 4(1) by Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14), ss. 13(3)(a), 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(2) inserted (8.12.2005) by Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 14), ss. 13(3)(b), 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:51.376466+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."
}