{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018/section-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/4",
  "legislation_title": "Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Key definitions",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“appointing person” means, in relation to the function of appointing a non-executive member of a public board, a person who has that function,\n“excluded position”, in relation to a public authority, means a position mentioned in the second column of the table in schedule 1 which corresponds with the public authority mentioned in the first column,\n“non-executive member”, in relation to a public authority, means a position on its public board—\n(a)that is not an excluded position,\n(b)that is not held by an employee of the authority,\n“public authority” means an authority listed, or within a description listed, in the first column of the table in schedule 1,\n“public board” means—\n(a)if the public authority is a company, the directors,\n(b)if the public authority has a statutory board or other equivalent statutory management body, that board or body,\n(c)in relation to any other public authority, the membership of the authority,\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 repealed (2.8.2024) by Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 12), ss. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 1.12.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/340, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/4/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:17.048281+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."
}