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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008/section-61",
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  "legislation": "asp/2008/6",
  "legislation_title": "Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Administrative support for the Scottish courts and judiciary",
  "text": "(1) The SCTS has the function of providing, or ensuring the provision of, the property, services, officers and other staff required for the purposes of—\n(a) the Scottish courts, and\n(b) the judiciary of those courts.\n(2) In carrying out that function, the SCTS must—\n(a) take account, in particular, of the needs of members of the public and those involved in proceedings in the Scottish courts, and\n(b) so far as practicable and appropriate, co-operate and co-ordinate activity with any other person having functions in relation to the administration of justice.\n(3) In this Part, “the Scottish courts” has the meaning given by section 2(6).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Act substituted (2.2.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), s. 138(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.S.I. 2015/12, art. 2; S.S.I. 2015/77, art. 2(2)(3), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 61 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/61",
    "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."
}