{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-7/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-7/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A National Park authority shall be a body corporate.\n(2) A National Park authority shall consist of—\n(a) a specified number of local authority members,\n(b) in the case of a National Park in England, a specified number of parish members to be appointed by the Secretary of State, and\n(c) a specified number of other members to be appointed by the Secretary of State;\nand “specified” means specified in the relevant order.\n(3) The total number of—\n(a) local authority members, and\n(b) parish members,\nmust exceed the number of other members.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 1(2)(3) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 1(2)-(6) (10.5.2007) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 61(2), 107(3)(b); S.I. 2007/816, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/28",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/28",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/7/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:02.335333+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."
}