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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-into-fatal-accidents-and-sudden-deaths-etc-scotland-act-2016/section-21",
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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/21",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Inquiry to be conducted in public",
  "text": "(1) Inquiry proceedings are to be conducted in public.\n(2) But the sheriff may order that such proceedings (or any part of them) are to be conducted in private.\n(3) The sheriff may make an order under subsection (2)—\n(a) on the sheriff's own initiative, or\n(b) on the application of the procurator fiscal or a participant in the inquiry.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 in force at 15.6.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/2/section/21",
    "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."
}