Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1-15): functions of the Lord Advocate transferred to the Secretary of State, and all property, rights and liabilities to which the Lord Advocate is entitled or subject in connection with any such function transferred to the Secretary of State for Scotland (19.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/678, arts. 2, 3, Sch. (with art. 7)
(1)Where a recognised body is a trust, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the trust deed or other document constituting the trust, the trustees shall have power to appoint such number of additional trustees as will secure that, at any time, the number of trustees shall be not less than three.
(2)Where in the case of any trust which is a recognised body—
(a)the number of trustees is less than three; and
(b)it appears to the Lord Advocate that the trustees will not, or are unable to, exercise their power under subsection (1) above,
if it appears to the Lord Advocate expedient to do so, he may exercise the power in place of the trustees.