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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-consequential-provisions-no-2-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2015/9780111028346",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions No. 2) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-consequential-provisions-no-2-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Dangerous Dogs Act 1991",
  "text": "(1) Section 4 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (destruction and disqualification orders) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (9)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for “High Court of Justiciary” substitute “appropriate Appeal Court”; and\n(b) after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) In paragraph (a), “appropriate Appeal Court” means—\n(i) in the case of an appeal against an order made following summary conviction, the Sheriff Appeal Court; and\n(ii) in the case of an appeal against an order made following conviction on indictment, the High Court of Justiciary.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.65. Section 4 was amended by paragraph 2(3) of schedule 1 to the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 9)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2015/9780111028346/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:59.359813+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."
}