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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-2-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/77",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-2-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Re-employment of former sheriffs principal in the Sheriff Appeal Court",
  "text": "(1) Section 51(1) of the Act (re-employment of former Appeal Sheriffs) has effect as if the reference in it to a qualifying former Appeal Sheriff included a reference to a qualifying former sheriff principal.\n(2) For that purpose, a “qualifying former sheriff principal” is an individual who—\n(a) prior to the commencement of section 49(1) of the Act—\n(i) held office as a sheriff principal; and\n(ii) ceased to hold that office other than by virtue of an order under section 12E of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (removal from office); and\n(b) has not reached the age of 75.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in force at 1.4.2015, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.58; section 12E was inserted by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 6), section 40."
    }
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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."
}