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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.11",
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  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules Order 1999",
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  "number": "2.11",
  "heading": "Reference by courts",
  "text": "(1) Any Law Officer who is not already a party to the proceedings may intervene in the proceedings on the reference by taking the steps specified in paragraph (2) below within 14 days; and he shall thereupon become a party to the proceedings or the reference.\n(2) The steps are—\n(a) entering an appearance; and\n(b) giving notice of having done so to the parties, the Law Officers with a potential interest (as defined in rule 2.8(3) above) and, in the case of a reference under paragraph 33 of Schedule 6, the court making the reference.",
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