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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990-commencement-no-8-order-1991/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2151",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1991",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1991",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nIn section 17 – subsections (3) and (11) to (15)\nQualified Conveyancers\nIn section 18 – subsections (10) to (11)\nExecutry Practitioners\nSection 38\nAvailability of legal aid for services provided under this Act\nSection 39\nRemoval of restrictions on the borrowing of process in the Court of Session or in inferior courts\nSections 40 to 42\nAdvisory, investigatory and supervisory powers of the Director General of Fair Trading, and review of rules by the Secretary of State\nSections 56, 58 and 59\nEvidence by children in criminal trials\nOnly for the purpose of proceedings in–\n(a) the High Court of Justiciary sitting at Edinburgh or Glasgow; and\n(b) any sheriff court in the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin or Lothian and Borders\nSection 57\nTransfer of cases\nOnly for the purpose of proceedings in any sheriff court in the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin or Lothian and Borders\nSection 60\nCriminal jurisdiction of sheriff court\nSection 74\nAmendments and Repeals\nOnly for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedules 8 and 9 specified or referred to in column 1 below.\nIn Schedule 8 paragraphs: 36(2) to (5) and (10) to (15)\nAmendments\nIn Schedule 9 – the repeals specified in the table below\nRepeals\nTABLE\nREPEALS\nChapter\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeals\n1980 c. 46\nThe Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980\nSection 29\n1986 c. 47\nThe Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986\nIn section 13(2), the words “(so far as is necessary)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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