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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-courts-and-justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/480",
  "legislation_title": "The District Courts and Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-courts-and-justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“the 1975 Act” means the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“the 2007 Act” means the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007;\n“investigation” means an investigation carried out in terms of section 71(6) of the 2007 Act;\n“JAC” means a Justices' Appraisal Committee established in accordance with the Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007;\n“Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;\n“sheriff principal” means the sheriff principal for the sheriffdom for which the JP is appointed; and\n“tribunal” means a tribunal constituted under section 71 of the 2007 Act.\n(2) For the purposes of articles 6 to 14 of this Order, “JP” means a justice of the peace appointed under section 67 of the 2007 Act who is the subject of an investigation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/210."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/480/article/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."
}