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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/10",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
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  "text": "(1) Regulations under paragraph 5(2) may specify a description of a person by reference to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4).\n(2) That is—\n(a) current practice as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, and\n(b) engagement in practice as such for a period of not less than 5 years.\n(3) That is—\n(a) previous engagement in practice for a period of not less than 5 years, as—\n(i) a solicitor or advocate in Scotland, or\n(ii) a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, and\n(b) subsequent engagement in any of the activities listed in sub-paragraph (5).\n(4) That is, suitability attributable to experience in law through current or previous engagement in—\n(a) any of the activities listed in sub-paragraph (5),\n(b) an activity that is of a broadly similar nature to any of the activities listed in that sub-paragraph.\n(5) The activities are—\n(a) exercising judicial functions in any court or tribunal,\n(b) practice or employment as a lawyer of any kind,\n(c) whether or not in the course of practice or employment as a lawyer—\n(i) advising on the application of the law,\n(ii) drafting documents intended to affect rights or obligations under the law,\n(iii) assisting persons involved in a legal or other process for the resolution of disputes as to the law,\n(iv) acting as a mediator or arbitrator for the purpose of resolving disputes that are (or could be) the matter of legal proceedings,\n(d) teaching or researching law at or for an educational institution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2"
    }
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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."
}