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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-into-fatal-accidents-and-sudden-deaths-etc-scotland-act-2016/section-14",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/2",
  "legislation_title": "Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016",
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  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Inquiry into more than one death",
  "text": "(1) A single inquiry may be held into the deaths of more than one person if it appears to the Lord Advocate that the deaths occurred—\n(a) as a result of the same accident, or\n(b) otherwise in the same or similar circumstances.\n(2) Where an inquiry is held in relation to the deaths of more than one person, references in this Act to the death to which, or person to whom, the inquiry relates are references to each death to which, or person to whom, the inquiry relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 in force at 1.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/370, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/2/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:38:35.538766+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."
}