{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007/schedule-6/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/22",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Authority may—\n(a) establish a committee for the purpose of discharging any of its functions, and\n(b) establish a committee for the purpose of giving advice to the Authority about matters relating to the discharge of its functions.\n(2) A committee may consist of or include persons (including persons constituting a majority of the committee) who are neither members nor employees of the Authority.\n(3) But except where a committee—\n(a) is established solely for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), and\n(b) is not authorised under paragraph 14 to discharge functions on behalf of the Authority,\nthe committee must contain at least one person who is either a member or an employee of the Authority (or is both).\n(4) Where a person who is neither a member nor an employee of the Authority is a member of a committee, the Authority may pay to that person such remuneration and expenses as it may determine.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/22/schedule/6/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:35.975623+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."
}