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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-249",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/249",
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  "number": "249",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 25 (tenure of appointed members) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) The Lord Chancellor may declare an appointed member's office vacant under subsection (4) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.\n(6) The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless the member whose office is to be declared vacant exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+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."
}