{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-amendment-miscellaneous-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/154",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-rules-amendment-miscellaneous-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sheriff Court\nMade 12th May 2017\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 16th May 2017\nComing into force 15th June 2017\nIn accordance with section 4 of the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013, the Court of Session has approved draft rules submitted to it by the Scottish Civil Justice Council with such modifications as it thinks appropriate.\nThe Court of Session therefore makes this Act of Sederunt under the powers conferred by section 104(1) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, section 36(1) of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 and all other powers enabling it to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 asp 3. Section 4 was amended by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), schedule 5, paragraph 31(3) and by the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), schedule 1, paragraph 1(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2014 asp 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2016 asp 2."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/154/introduction",
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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."
}