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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-amendment-of-summary-cause-and-small-claim-rules-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/821",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Amendment of Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) 1991",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nMade 21st March 1991\nComing into force 15th April 1991\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved with modifications draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of that Act, do hereby enact and declare:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 58; see section 36(1) which extends the powers conferred by section 32; section 32 was extended by the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18), section 97."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}