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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2014/10",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Upper members",
  "text": "(1) A person is an ordinary member of the Upper Tribunal if the person is that type of member of the Upper Tribunal through—\n(a) transfer-in as such by virtue of section 29(b), or\n(b) appointment as such by virtue of section 32(3).\n(2) A person is a legal member of the Upper Tribunal if the person is—\n(a) that type of member of the Upper Tribunal through—\n(i) transfer-in as such by virtue of section 29(b), or\n(ii) appointment as such by virtue of section 32(3),\n(b) however holding the position, a Chamber President in the First-tier Tribunal except a Temporary Chamber President, or\n(c) however holding the position, a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal.\n(3) Despite subsection (2)(c)—\n(a) a person assigned as a Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal under section 25(1) or (2) remains a judicial member of the Tribunal,\n(b) a person assigned as a Temporary Vice-President of the Upper Tribunal, if a judicial member of the Tribunal, remains such a member of the Tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/10/section/16",
    "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."
}