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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-chancery-procedure-rules-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/292",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Chancery Procedure Rules) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-chancery-procedure-rules-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT\nMade 26th May 2006\nComing into force 2nd June 2006\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 51 of the Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868, section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the said Act of 1971, do hereby enact and declare:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1868 c. 101. Section 51 was amended by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 5, schedule 13, paragraph 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12, the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2), the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4), schedule 5, paragraph 13, and the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), section 43, and the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3), section 14(2), and was extended by the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48), sections 39(2) and 49."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/292/introduction",
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  "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."
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