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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-20",
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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": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Selection criteria",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a panel established under section 19(2) is selecting an individual to be recommended by it as suitable for appointment.\n(2) Selection must be solely on merit.\n(3) The panel may select an individual only if it is satisfied that the individual is of good character.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/6/section/20",
    "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."
}