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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-lay-representation-for-non-natural-persons-2016/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/243",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Lay Representation for Non-Natural Persons) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-lay-representation-for-non-natural-persons-2016",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act of Sederunt—\n“the 2014 Act” means the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;\n“authorisation document” means a document executed by a non-natural person of a type mentioned in column 1 of the following table authorising an individual holding the relevant position mentioned in the corresponding column 2 to act as its lay representative—\nType of non-natural person\nRelevant position\na company\na director or a secretary of the company\na limited liability partnership\na member of the limited liability partnership\nany other partnership\na partner in the partnership\nan unincorporated association of persons\na member or office holder of the association\n;\n“the court”, in the case of proceedings in the sheriff court, means the sheriff; and\n“lay representative”, “legal representative” and “non-natural person” have the meanings given by section 95 of the 2014 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/243/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:23:04.026335+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."
}