{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Scottish Natural Heritage representation on advisory panels",
  "text": "(1) Section 4 of the 1996 Act (appointment of panels) is modified as follows.\n(2) For subsections (4) and (5) substitute—\n“(4) SNH may appoint a member of SNH or a member of SNH’s staff as a member of a panel under subsection (1).”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 59(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 26.10.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/275, reg. 2(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/6/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:47.457481+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."
}