{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/schedule-4/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974/schedule-4/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/7",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1974",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Commission may determine their own procedure, including the quorum necessary for their meetings.\n(2) The validity of any proceedings of the Commission shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Commission or by any defect in the appointment of any member of the Commission.\n(3) The Commission shall be a body corporate, and their common seal shall be authenticated by the signature of a member of the Commission, or of some other person authorised in that behalf by the Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(1) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(7)(a) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(2) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(7)(b) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(3) substituted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 18(7)(c) (with s. 38); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/7/schedule/4/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:10.523024+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."
}