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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-139",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/14",
  "legislation_title": "Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014",
  "path": "section/139",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Determination of disputes otherwise than under a society's rules",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to a relevant dispute if the registered society's rules contain no directions as to the determination of relevant disputes.\n(2) The dispute may be determined—\n(a) in England and Wales, by the county court;\n(b) in Scotland, by the sheriff.\n(3) Alternatively, in England and Wales, a person within a paragraph of section 137(2) who is a party to the dispute may apply to a magistrates' court, which may hear and determine the matter in dispute.\n(4) “Relevant dispute” has the same meaning as in section 137.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:41.913207+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."
}