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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-5-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/378",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Appeals – summary causes",
  "text": "In relation to a decision of a sheriff made on or after 1st January 2016, section 38 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (appeal in summary causes) applies as if the references to the sheriff principal were references to the Sheriff Appeal Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.58. Section 38 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73), section 18(4) and is prospectively repealed by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Schedule 5, paragraph 6(2)."
    }
  ],
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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."
}