{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/17",
  "legislation_title": "Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Designation and functions of Deputy Chair",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may designate as a Deputy Chair any member who is eligible to hold the office of Chair.\n(2) Sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) apply where no member is eligible to be designated as Deputy Chair.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may appoint as a Deputy Chair (and member of the Court) a person who is eligible under paragraph 2(5)(a) to hold the office of Chair.\n(4) An appointment under sub-paragraph (3) is for such period as the Scottish Ministers may determine.\n(5) Before making an appointment under sub-paragraph (3), the Scottish Ministers must consult the Lord President of the Court of Session.\n(6) A Deputy Chair—\n(a) is to act in place of the Chair for such periods as the Chair may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, direct, and\n(b) may, when not acting in accordance with a direction under paragraph (a) or under sub-paragraph (7), perform the duties of a member of the Court other than the Chair.\n(7) Where there is a vacancy in the office of Chair, or where the Chair is, for whatever reason, unable to act, the Deputy Chair is to act as Chair during such vacancy or inability to act if requested to do so by the Scottish Ministers.\n(8) A Deputy Chair designated under sub-paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, appointed under sub-paragraph (3) is, while acting as Chair, to have the same powers and perform the same duties as the Chair.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:39.364810+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."
}