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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-commissary-court-books-amendment-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3144",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Commissary Court Books) (Amendment) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-commissary-court-books-amendment-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nMade 10th December 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\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 draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council under 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; section 32 was amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), by section 2(4) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32) and by paragraph 18 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3144/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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