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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1397",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt revokes the Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules 1988. It re-enacts these Rules with a number of amendments. In particular it–\n(a) amends the definition of Lyon Clerk (rule 2(1));\n(b) provides for a sheriff officer to make a further oath or declaration de fideli administratione officii on becoming a messenger-at-arms (rule 7(6));\n(c) provides that a commission as a messenger-at-arms or sheriff officer ceases to have effect on the holder attaining the age of 70 years (rules 7(7), 8(12));\n(d) provides that a certificate of examination passes shall be issued by the Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers and not by its committee of examiners (rules 7(2)(c), 8(2)(d));\n(e) provides for the bond of caution and policy of professional indemnity insurance in respect of an officer of court to be provided in the form of a single document (Part IV), and provides transitional provisions (rule 11 and Schedule 2);\n(f) provides for suspension of an officer of court for failure to lodge a certificate by an accountant (rule 13(7));\n(g) provides for intimation of suspension of an officer of court pending lodging of certain documents to other relevant persons and for suspension by them (rule 28).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1397/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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