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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-scotland-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/1",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Parties may agree—\n(a) to consolidate the arbitration with another arbitration, or\n(b) to hold concurrent hearings.\n(2) But the tribunal may not order such consolidation, or the holding of concurrent hearings, on its own initiative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 40 in force at 7.6.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/1/schedule/1/paragraph/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:33.498531+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}