{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-amendment-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/29",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) (Amendment) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-amendment-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of 1991 Rules",
  "text": "(1) The Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991 is amended in accordance with the following subparagraphs.\n(2) In rule 3 (qualification as officer of court), omit—\n(a) paragraph 1(a) and (b);\n(b) paragraph (2); and\n(c) paragraph (4).\n(3) In rule 7 (applications for recommendation for commission as messenger-at-arms), omit paragraphs (7) and (8).\n(4) In rule 8 (application for commission as sheriff officer), omit paragraphs (12) and (13).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1397 (S.132), last amended by S.S.I. 2013/23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Rule 7 was amended by S.I. 1998/2636 (S.127)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Rule 8 was amended by S.I. 1998/2636 (S.127)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/29/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:36:23.786286+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."
}