{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1975/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1975/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/30",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as, or for being, the Commissioner if—\n(a) he is disqualified for being elected, or being a member of any of the authorities mentioned in section 23 of this Act; or\n(b) he is a member of any of those authorities or is a member (by co-option) of a committee of any of those authorities; or\n(c) he has been a member of any of those authorities or has been a member (by co-option) of a committee of any of those authorities within 5 years before the date from which the appointment would take effect.\n(2) The acts and proceedings of a person appointed as the Commissioner and acting in that office shall, notwithstanding his disqualification under this paragraph, be as valid and effectual as if he had been qualified.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/30/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:38:23.726879+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."
}