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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/schedule-8/paragraph-13",
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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/8/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The First Minister must constitute a fitness assessment tribunal when requested to do so by the Lord President.\n(2) The First Minister may constitute a fitness assessment tribunal—\n(a) in such other circumstances as the First Minister thinks fit, and\n(b) following consultation with the Lord President.\n(3) The function of a fitness assessment tribunal is to investigate and report on whether a member of the Scottish Tribunals is unfit to hold the position of member of the Tribunals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 13 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:42:54.004820+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."
}