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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-safeguard-of-employment-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/17",
  "legislation_title": "Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-safeguard-of-employment-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purpose of hearing appeals from Reinstatement Committees under section 9, Her Majesty may appoint an umpire and one or more deputy umpires; and a person shall not be qualified to be so appointed unless—\n(a) he satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis;\n(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years’ standing; or\n(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years’ standing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37) s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 59"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(a) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 16(2); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 16(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 5(c) substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 10 para. 16(3); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/17/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:29.915698+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."
}