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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2016/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/13",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Justice of the peace courts: summary criminal jurisdiction and powers where proceedings heard by a stipendiary magistrate",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies to proceedings in a JP court—\n(a) heard to any extent by a stipendiary magistrate; and\n(b) in which sentence has not been pronounced before 1st April 2016.\n(2) A JP court when constituted by a summary sheriff has, in addition to the jurisdiction and powers the court has otherwise, the summary criminal jurisdiction and powers of a sheriff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/13/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:57.918190+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."
}