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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "asp/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
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  "text": "(1) A member holds office for such period of not more than 4 years as—\n(a) the Lord President in the case of a judicial member, or\n(b) the Scottish Ministers in the case of a legal or lay member,\nat the time of appointment, may determine.\n(2) A person who is or has been a member may be reappointed (whether in the same or a different capacity) for further periods.\n(3) However, a person may not hold office as a member for periods (whether or not consecutive) totalling more than 8 years.\n(4) A member's appointment ceases—\n(a) on expiry of the member's period of appointment,\n(b) on the member's becoming disqualified from holding office as a member,\n(c) in the case of a judicial or legal member, on the member's ceasing to fall within the judicial or legal membership category under which the member was appointed, or\n(d) in the case of a lay member, on the member's ceasing to be qualified for appointment as a lay member.\n(5) However, despite the occurrence (or likely occurrence) of an event mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in relation to a member—\n(a) the Lord President in the case of a judicial member, or\n(b) the Scottish Ministers in the case of a legal or lay member,\nmay direct that the member is to continue to hold office for such period, not exceeding 6 months, as the Lord President or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, may direct.\n(6) Such a direction may be given in relation to a member before or after the occurrence of an event mentioned in sub-paragraph (4).\n(7) A person whose appointment as a member ceases by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) or (5) may nonetheless continue to act as a member so far as that is necessary for the purposes of concluding consideration of a judicial appointment which the Board is in the course of considering at the time the person's appointment ceases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/6/schedule/1/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:44.431271+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."
}