{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/30",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The validity of any proceedings of the Authority shall not be affected by—\n(a) any vacancy in the office of—\n(i) chairman,\n(ii) member appointed by the Welsh Ministers, or\n(iii) member appointed by the relevant Northern Ireland department,\n(b) any defect in a person’s appointment as chairman or other member, or\n(c) the composition for the time being of the membership of the Authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.2015) by Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 5), ss. 16(11)(b), 21(1) (with s. 14); S.I. 2015/1679, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/919, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/30/schedule/2/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:57.129059+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."
}