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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-2A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/40",
  "legislation_title": "Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (repealed 18.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/2A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the chairman or a member of the Commission—\n(a) has had his estate sequestrated, has been adjudged bankrupt, has made an arrangement with his creditors, or has granted a trust deed for his creditors or made a composition contract;\n(b) is incapacitated by reason of physical or mental illness;\n(c) has been absent from meetings of the Commission for a period of more than 3 consecutive months without the permission of the Commission or of the Secretary of State; or\n(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member of the Commission, or is unsuitable to continue as the chairman,\nthe Secretary of State shall have power to remove him from his said office.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Paras. 2A—2C inserted by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 19), s. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 2A inserted (18.10.1996) by 1996 c. 44, ss. 13(1), 14(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(32)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2A(a) substituted (18.10.1996) by 1996 c. 44, ss. 13(1), 14(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(32)(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:00.741447+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."
}