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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-litigation-expenses-and-group-proceedings-scotland-act-2018/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/10",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018",
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  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exclusion for certain matters",
  "text": "(1) A success fee agreement must not be entered into in connection with a matter which may be the subject of civil proceedings of a description specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may relate to all success fee agreements or to success fee agreements of a description specified by the Scottish Ministers in the regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 30.1.2019 by S.S.I. 2018/368, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/10/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:12.573518+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."
}