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  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Court Of Session\nScottish Land Court\nSheriff Court\nJustice Of The Peace Court\nScottish Courts And Tribunals Service\nMade 12th January 2016\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 14th January 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2016\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 138(2) and (3) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
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      "text": "2014 asp 18."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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