{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-land-court-act-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-land-court-act-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/45",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Land Court Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-land-court-act-1993",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may appoint any person having the qualification required for holding the office of Chairman as a Deputy Chairman, who\n(a) shall act in place of the Chairman for such periods as the Chairman may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, direct; and\n(b) may, when not acting in accordance with a direction under head (a) above or under sub-paragraph (2) below, act in place of a member of the Court other than the Chairman.\n(2) Where there is a vacancy in the office of Chairman, or where the Chairman is, for whatever reason, unable to act, the Deputy Chairman shall act at the direction of the Secretary of State.\n(3) A Deputy Chairman appointed under sub-paragraph (1) above shall, while he is acting as Chairman, have the same powers and perform the duties as if he were the Chairman.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(1) renumbered as paragraph 10(1)(a) (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 34(6)(a), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(b) and word added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 34(6)(b), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/45/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:39.442085+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."
}