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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-shorthand-writers-fees-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1135",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Shorthand Writers' Fees) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-shorthand-writers-fees-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nMade 3rd May 1991\nLaid before Parliament 15th May 1991\nComing into force 5th June 1991\nThe Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1907 c. 51; section 40 was amended by section 1(3) of the Secretaries of State Act 1926 (c. 18), by the Schedule to the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to and Schedule 2 to the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1135/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."
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