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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-commissary-court-books-amendment-1996/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt amends existing provisions for the keeping of records in the Commissary Court Books to allow for recording of such records by methods other than microfilm. It requires the commissary clerk to seek the prior approval of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland before using new types of equipment to record documents in the Commissary Court Books.\nIt also amends the term “writ” to “document” to reflect more accurately the practice of the commissary clerk.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3144/note",
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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."
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