{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-20D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-20D.json",
  "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/20D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20D",
  "heading": "Cessation of appointment of temporary judges",
  "text": "(1) A temporary judge may resign at any time by giving notice to that effect to the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) An individual's appointment as a temporary judge ends—\n(a) when the individual resigns in accordance with subsection (1),\n(b) when the individual retires from office, or\n(c) if the individual is removed from office as such under section 39 (temporary judges: removal from office).",
  "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/20D",
    "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."
}