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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2507",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nINSOLVENCY\nBANKRUPTCY, SCOTLAND\nMade 27th September 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, sections 1A(1)(b), 14(4) and 25(2) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having approved, with modifications, 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:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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, by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(4), and by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 66; section 1A was inserted by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6) (“the 1993 Act”), section 1; section 14(4) was amended by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 3; and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 was substituted by the 1993 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 30."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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