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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/665",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2.8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.8",
  "heading": "Reference by courts",
  "text": "(1) A reference to the Judicial Committee under paragraph 10, 11, 22, 30, 32 or 33 of Schedule 6 shall be made by lodging the reference.\n(2) The court lodging the reference shall serve copies of it on the parties and on any Law Officer who is not already a party and who has a potential interest in the proceedings.\n(3) For the purposes of this rule and rules 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 Law Officers shall be regarded as having a potential interest as follows—\n(a) where the reference or appeal is from a court in Scotland or from the House of Lords in Scottish proceedings, the Lord Advocate and the Advocate General;\n(b) where the reference or appeal is from a court in England and Wales or from the House of Lords in proceedings that originated in England and Wales, the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate;\n(c) where the reference or appeal is from a court in Northern Ireland or from the House of Lords in proceedings that originated in Northern Ireland, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Lord Advocate.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/665/schedule/paragraph/2.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:40.024980+00:00"
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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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