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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-for-appointment-of-members-to-the-first-tier-tribunal-and-upper-tribunal-amendment-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1592",
  "legislation_title": "The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/qualifications-for-appointment-of-members-to-the-first-tier-tribunal-and-upper-tribunal-amendment-order-2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008. In addition to making an amendment to clarify eligibility under Article 2(3) of the 2008 Order, the order includes further qualifications and experience that a person may have in order to be eligible for appointment as a member of the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal who is not a judge of the tribunal.\nThe Order also inserts a definition of “registered medical practitioner”, which will apply instead of the definition in the Interpretation Act 1978 when it is amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002; the amended Interpretation Act definition will require a registered medical practitioner to hold a licence to practise under the Medical Act 1983. The effect of the definition in this Order is that a person who is a registered medical practitioner will not need to hold a licence to practise in order to be eligible for appointment as a member of the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal who is not a judge of those tribunals.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1592/note",
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  "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."
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