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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/section-24",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
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  "path": "section/24",
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  "number": "24",
  "heading": "First members of the Court",
  "text": "On the commencement of section 23—\n(a) the persons who immediately before that commencement are Lords of Appeal in Ordinary become judges of the Supreme Court,\n(b) the person who immediately before that commencement is the senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary becomes the President of the Court, and\n(c) the person who immediately before that commencement is the second senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary becomes the Deputy President of the Court.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/24",
    "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."
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