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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008",
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  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions",
  "text": "(1) The Lord President may delegate to a judicial office holder any function mentioned in subsection (2) of section 2 other than the functions mentioned in subsection (2) below.\n(2) Those functions are—\n(a) so far as exercisable in relation to sheriff courts or justice of the peace courts, the function conferred by paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of that section,\n(b) the function conferred by paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/39, art. 2(b), Sch."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/6/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:44.431271+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."
}