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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-committee-devolution-issues-rules-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-2.9.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/2.9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.9",
  "heading": "Reference by courts",
  "text": "(1) The reference shall set out the following—\n(a) the question referred;\n(b) the addresses of the parties;\n(c) the name and address of the person who applied for or required the reference to be made;\n(d) a concise statement of the background to the matter including—\n(i) the facts of the case, including any relevant findings of fact by the referring court or lower courts; and\n(ii) the main issues in the case and the contentions of the parties with regard to them;\n(e) the relevant law, including the relevant provisions of the Scotland Act 1998;\n(f) the reasons why an answer to the question is considered necessary for the purpose of disposing of the proceedings.\n(2) All judgments already given in the proceedings, including copies of any interlocutors and any notes attaching to such interlocutors, shall be annexed to the reference.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46."
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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."
}