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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/12",
  "legislation_title": "Inquiries Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appointment of inquiry panel",
  "text": "(1) Each member of an inquiry panel is to be appointed by the Minister by an instrument in writing.\n(2) The instrument appointing the chairman must state that the inquiry is to be held under this Act.\n(3) Before appointing a member to the inquiry panel (otherwise than as chairman) the Minister must consult the person he has appointed, or proposes to appoint, as chairman.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4 modified (E.W.N.I) (15.6.2017) by The Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1142), arts. 1(2), 3; S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:07:27.793798+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}