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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-of-the-peace-courts-scotland-amendment-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/153",
  "legislation_title": "The Justice of the Peace Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision for the disestablishment of certain Justice of the Peace (“JP”) courts.\nArticle 2 and the Schedule to the Order identify each court being disestablished and specify the date of its disestablishment.\nArticles 3 to 9 make amendments to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands) Order 2008, in consequence of the disestablishment of certain JP courts in the sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands, and define relevant terms with regard to the application of transitional provisions to the disestablishment of each court.\nArticles 10 to 13 make amendments to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders) etc. Order 2008, in consequence of the disestablishment of certain JP courts in the sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders, and define relevant terms with regard to the application of transitional provisions to the disestablishment of each court.\nArticles 14 to 16 make amendments to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife) Order 2008, in consequence of the disestablishment of certain JP courts in the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife, and define relevant terms with regard to the application of transitional provisions to the disestablishment of each court.\nArticles 17 and 18 make amendments to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde) etc. Order 2009, in consequence of the disestablishment of the JP court at Irvine, and define relevant terms with regard to the application of transitional provisions to the disestablishment of that court.\nArticles 19 to 23 make amendments to the Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway) etc. Order 2009, in consequence of the disestablishment of certain JP courts in the sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway and define relevant terms with regard to the application of transitional provisions to the disestablishment of each court.\nArticles 24 and 25 make transitional provisions relating to the transfer of court business from the disestablished court to the court to which that business will transfer.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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