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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007/schedule/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any reference in any enactment (apart from this Act) to the district court is to be read as if it were a reference to the JP court.\n(2) Any reference in any enactment (apart from this Act) to the area of a district court (however described) is to be read as if it were a reference to the area of a JP court.\n(3) Any reference in any enactment (apart from this Act) to a justice of the peace (however described) is to be read as a reference to a justice of the peace appointed under section 67 of this Act.\n(4) Without prejudice to sub-paragraphs (1) to (3), the Scottish Ministers may by order amend any enactment so as to substitute for any reference to the district court, the area of a district court (however described) or a justice of the peace (however described) a reference respectively to the JP court, the area of a JP court or a justice of the peace appointed under section 67 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 33 partly in force; Sch. para. 33 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 84; Sch. para. 33(3)(4) in force at 10.12.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/479, art. 3, Sch; Sch. para. 33(1)(2) in force for certain purposes at 10.3.2008, 2.6.2008, 8.12.2008, 23.2.2009, 14.12.2009 and 22.2.2010 by S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/192, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/329, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2008/362, art. 3, Sch.; S.S.I. 2009/432, art. 3(1)(2), Sch. 1, Sch. 2"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:00.103957+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."
}