Article 3 The Theatres Trust

In the Schedule to the Theatres Trust Act 1976^f1 (appointment etc. of trustees of the Theatres Trust), after paragraph 1 there shall be inserted—

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Without prejudice to the application of paragraph 2 below, one of the trustees shall be a person who appears to the Secretary of State to have special knowledge of Scotland; but before appointing any person to be a trustee pursuant to this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall consult the Scottish Ministers.”.

In paragraph 4 of that Schedule (which requires the Secretary of State, before appointing a trustee, to consult bodies representative of the interests concerned), for “the interests” there shall be substituted “such of the interests mentioned in paragraph 2 above as may be”.