{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Minimum Wage Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Low Pay Commission appointed under section 8(9) of this Act (in this Schedule referred to as “the Commission”) shall consist of a chairman and eight other members appointed by the Secretary of State.\n(2) In appointing members, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the desirability of securing that there is such a balance as the Secretary of State considers appropriate between—\n(a) members with knowledge or experience of, or interest in, trade unions or matters relating to workers generally;\n(b) members with knowledge or experience of, or interest in, employers’ associations or matters relating to employers generally; and\n(c) members with other relevant knowledge or experience.\n(3) Members shall hold and vacate office in accordance with their terms of appointment, subject to the following provisions.\n(4) A member may resign his membership by giving notice to the Secretary of State.\n(5) A person who ceases to be a member shall be eligible for re-appointment.\n(6) The Secretary of State may by notice to the member concerned remove from office a member who—\n(a) has become bankrupt, has had a debt relief order made in respect of him (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986), has made an arrangement with his creditors, has had his estate sequestrated, has granted a trust deed for his creditors or has made a composition contract with his creditors, or\n(b) has been absent from two or more consecutive meetings of the Commission otherwise than for a reason approved by them, or\n(c) is in the opinion of the Secretary of State unable or unfit to perform his duties as member.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(6)(a) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 40 (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/39/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:20.745698+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."
}