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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-7-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2016/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/291",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2016",
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  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Savings as regards the Vexatious Actions (Scotland) Act 1898",
  "text": "Despite the repeal of the 1898 Act by paragraph 27 of schedule 5 of the 2014 Act—\n(a) the 1898 Act continues to apply to an application made under that Act before 28th November 2016; and\n(b) an order under the 1898 Act (including as applied by paragraph (a)) continues to have effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/291/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:27.998190+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."
}