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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-reform-scotland-act-2014-relevant-officer-and-consequential-provisions-order-2016/article-4",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111033289",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Officer and Consequential Provisions) Order 2016",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The modifications in schedule 1, other than paragraph 8, do not apply to a small claim within the meaning of section 35(2) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971.\n(2) The modifications in schedule 3 do not apply to appeals heard—\n(a) by the High Court of Justiciary, by virtue of article 6 or 7 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015 (transitional provisions relating to certain criminal appeals); or\n(b) by a sheriff principal or by the Court of Session, by virtue of article 3 or 4 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015 (transitional provisions relating to civil appeals).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.58. Section 35 has been amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.73), section 18(1) and schedule 2, paragraph 14; the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3), schedule 6, paragraph 1; and S.S.I. 2007/507 article 4. The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 is to be repealed by paragraph 6(2) of schedule 5 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and article 2(3) and paragraph 6 of the schedule of S.I. 2015/700."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/247 as amended by S.S.I. 2015/378."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/378."
    }
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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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