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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-2A/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person is disqualified from appointment, and from holding office, as the chairperson of the PNBS if the person is or becomes—\n(a) a member of the House of Commons,\n(b) a member of the Scottish Parliament,\n(c) a member of the European Parliament,\n(d) a Minister of the Crown,\n(e) a member of the Scottish Government,\n(f) a civil servant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (9.3.2023) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2023/49, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/schedule/2A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:45.019055+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."
}