{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-to-small-estates-scotland-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-to-small-estates-scotland-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Sheriff Court\nMade 7th December 2011\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th December 2011\nComing into force 1st February 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(3) of the Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Act 1979 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c.22. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 53."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/435/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."
}