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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-20C",
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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/20C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20C",
  "heading": "Reappointment of temporary judges",
  "text": "(1) A temporary judge whose appointment comes to an end by virtue of the expiry of the 5 year period mentioned in section 20B(4) is to be reappointed unless—\n(a) the temporary judge declines reappointment,\n(b) the Lord President has made a recommendation to the Scottish Ministers against the reappointment, or\n(c) the temporary judge has sat for fewer than 50 days in total in that 5 year period.\n(2) Section 20B (apart from subsection (3)) applies to a reappointment under subsection (1) as it applies to an appointment.\n(3) A temporary judge whose appointment comes to an end by resignation under section 20D may be reappointed.\n(4) Section 20B applies to a reappointment under subsection (3) as it applies to an appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 20A-20G and preceding cross-heading substituted for ss. 21-23 (1.4.2015) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), ss. 123, 138(2); S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/6/section/20C",
    "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."
}