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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-ordinary-cause-summary-application-summary-cause-and-small-claim-rules-amendment-equality-act-2006-etc-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/509",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Equality Act 2006 etc.) 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT\nMade 13th October 2006\nComing into force 3rd November 2006\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, section 66B of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; section 67A of the Race Relations Act 1976; section 59A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; section 71 of the Equality Act 2006 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved draft rules submitted to them by the Sheriff Court Rules Council in accordance with section 34 of the said Act of 1971, do hereby enact and declare:",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 58; section 32 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 12, the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2), the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4), schedule 5, paragraph 13, the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17), section 43 and the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3), section 14(2), and was extended by the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48), sections 39(2) and 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 65; section 66B was inserted by the Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), section 87."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1976 c. 74; section 67A was inserted by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 34), section 8 and amended by the Equality Act 2006, section 90."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 50; section 59A was inserted by the Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), section 89."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2006 c. 3."
    }
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  "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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