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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-tribunals-offences-in-relation-to-proceedings-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111032350",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Tribunals (Offences in Relation to Proceedings) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-tribunals-offences-in-relation-to-proceedings-regulations-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 created a new structure for tribunals dealing with devolved matters under the judicial leadership of the Lord President of the Court of Session as head of the Scottish Tribunals. It created a First-tier Tribunal and an Upper Tribunal.\nGenerally, the First-tier Tribunal will deal with cases in the first instance to which a general right of appeal will lie to the Upper Tribunal.\nThese Regulations create offences in proceedings before the Scottish Tribunals.\nRegulation 2 provides for offences in relation to proceedings before the Scottish Tribunals, grounds of defence and the associated maximum penalties.\nRegulation 3 provides for the circumstances in which a person need not give evidence or produce something to the Scottish Tribunals. The circumstances include when evidence or material is privileged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111032350/note",
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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."
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