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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/schedule-7/paragraph-11",
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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/7/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Each of the members of the Scottish Tribunals must take the required oaths in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) A Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal is to take them in the presence of the President of Tribunals.\n(3) A Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal is to take them in the presence of the President of Tribunals.\n(4) A Deputy Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal.\n(5) An ordinary or legal member of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of appointment or transfer-in as such is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal.\n(6) An ordinary or legal member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment or transfer-in as such is to take them in the presence of either the President of Tribunals or a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal.\n(7) If a member of the Scottish Tribunals has previously taken the required oaths in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (8), the previous taking of the oaths counts as if it were the taking of them in accordance with this paragraph.\n(8) The circumstances are—\n(a) in the case of a member who is transferred-in as such, in connection with the office from which the person is transferred-in,\n(b) in the case of a member whose position changes within the Scottish Tribunals, in connection with appointment or transfer-in to the previous position.\n(9) In this paragraph, “the required oaths” means the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath as set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 11 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."
}