{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-communities-regulations-2008/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-communities-regulations-2008/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2694",
  "legislation_title": "The Sustainable Communities Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-communities-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Constitution of panels",
  "text": "(1) A panel established or recognised by a local authority under regulation 4(3)(a) must be constituted in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) Sufficient representatives must be involved in the panel so that, in the opinion of the authority, local persons are adequately represented by the panel.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies where–\n(a) a local authority takes reasonable steps to involve a group of local persons in a panel, but\n(b) no representatives of that group become so involved.\n(4) There is no breach of this regulation merely because of the lack of involvement of the group.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2694/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:23:24.711259+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."
}