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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-into-fatal-accidents-and-sudden-deaths-etc-scotland-act-2016/section-19",
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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/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "The powers of the sheriff",
  "text": "(1) The sheriff has all such powers in relation to inquiry proceedings as a sheriff, under the law of Scotland, inherently possesses for the purposes of the discharge of the sheriff's jurisdiction and competence and giving full effect to the sheriff's decisions in civil proceedings.\n(2) Subsection (1) is subject to—\n(a) the other provisions of this Act,\n(b) provision made in an act of sederunt under section 36(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 15.6.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    }
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    "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."
}