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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1215",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Solicitor’s Right of Audience) 1993",
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  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt gives the President of the Law Society of Scotland for the time being a right of audience in the Outer House of the Court of Session, but solely for the purpose of introducing to the court solicitors who have acquired a right of audience by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 and inviting the Lord Ordinary to administer the appropriate declaration.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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