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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/17",
  "legislation_title": "Disability Rights Commission Act 1999(repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-rights-commission-act-1999repealed",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commission shall consist of not less than 10 and not more than 15 commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State.\n(1) One of the commissioners shall be a person who appears to the Secretary of State to have special knowledge of Scotland.\n(2) The Secretary of State may appoint as a commissioner a person who is not disabled and has not had a disability only if satisfied that after the appointment more than half of the commissioners will be disabled persons or persons who have had a disability.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply in respect of the first three appointments under this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(1A) inserted (S.) (1.6.2000) by S.I. 2000/1458, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(1A): function exercisable by the Secretary of State only with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers (16.6.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/1563, art. 5(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/17/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:56.334422+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."
}