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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990/section-20A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/40",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990",
  "path": "section/20A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20A",
  "heading": "Review of decisions",
  "text": "(1) The Council shall establish a procedure under which they shall, on the application of any aggrieved person, review any relevant decision made by them.\n(2) In subsection (1) above—\n(a) “ relevant decision ” means–\n(i) a refusal to grant an application for registration as a practitioner;\n(ii) a decision to grant an application for registration as a practitioner subject to conditions; or\n(iii) a decision to take any step set out in subsection (2)(c) to (cb) of section 20 of this Act; and\n(b) “ aggrieved person ” means the applicant or, as the case may be, the practitioner concerned.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 20A inserted (15.8.2003) by Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4), s. 21(2), Sch. 4 para. 12(7); S.S.I. 2003/384, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 20A(2)(a)(iii) substituted (23.3.2011) by The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/235), arts. 2(1), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 20A(2)(a)(iii) substituted (1.10.2008) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), s. 82(2), Sch. 5 para. 3(5) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2008/311, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/section/20A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:55.706799+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."
}