{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the case of an appeal relating to a senior officer or a former senior officer, the police appeals tribunal shall consist of three members appointed by the relevant person, of whom—\n(a) one shall be a person chosen from a list of persons who satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis and have been nominated by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of this Schedule,\n(b) one shall be Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary appointed under section 54(1) or one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary nominated by the Chief Inspector, and\n(c) one shall be the permanent secretary to the Home Office or a Home Office director nominated by the permanent secretary.\n(2) The member of the police appeals tribunal to whom sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies shall be the chairman.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1) substituted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes, 29.9.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 204(4), 255(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1) inserted (22.2.2018) by The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/226), regs. 1, 8(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.2.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 31(2), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2020/5, reg. 2(l) (with art. 3(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 27; S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 22 para. 11(2); S.I. 2008/2993, art. 2(1)(h)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/6/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+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."
}