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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-modernisation-and-abusive-domestic-behaviour-reviews-scotland-act-2025/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2025/14",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-modernisation-and-abusive-domestic-behaviour-reviews-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Tenure",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 5—\n(a) an individual appointed to a relevant office holds office for a period of 5 years,\n(b) an individual’s period of appointment may be extended by the Scottish Ministers (on one or more occasions), provided that the total period by which the appointment is extended does not exceed 1 year,\n(c) an individual may be reappointed to a relevant office, provided that the individual’s total period of appointment to the office (including any extension under paragraph (b)) does not exceed 8 years.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 34(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 in force at 26.2.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/85, reg. 2(1)(2), sch. (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/14/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:29.865221+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."
}