{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-estate-scotland-order-2017/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-estate-scotland-order-2017/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/36",
  "legislation_title": "Crown Estate Scotland Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-estate-scotland-order-2017",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Early termination of membership",
  "text": "(1) A member of Crown Estate Scotland may resign by giving notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may, by giving notice to the member in writing, remove a member of Crown Estate Scotland if—\n(a) the member becomes insolvent;\n(b) the member has been absent, without the permission of Crown Estate Scotland, from meetings of Crown Estate Scotland for a period of longer than 3 consecutive months;\n(c) 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.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a person becomes insolvent if—\n(a) the person’s estate is sequestrated;\n(b) the person grants a trust deed for creditors or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors;\n(c) the person is adjudged bankrupt;\n(d) a voluntary arrangement proposed by the person is approved;\n(e) the person’s application for a debt payment programme is approved under section 2 of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002;\n(f) the person is subject to any other kind of order or arrangement that is analogous to any of those described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) anywhere in the world.\n(4) A person’s membership of Crown Estate Scotland ends if the person becomes—\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.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in arts. 3-19 substituted (1.4.2020) by Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (asp 1), s. 46(2), sch. 1 para. 11(1)(b); S.S.I. 2020/77, reg. 2(1), sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 8(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2020) by Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 (asp 1), s. 46(2), sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.S.I. 2020/77, reg. 2(1), sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in force at 16.2.2017, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 17; section 2 was amended by the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), Part 13, section 211(2)(a) and (b) and section 212(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/36/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:20:09.754506+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."
}