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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990/schedule-8/paragraph-22",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/40",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 2 of the Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858 (petition for confirmation to be subscribed by petitioner or his agent), at the end there shall be added “ or by an executry practitioner or a recognised financial institution providing executry services within the meaning of section 23 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 ”.\n(2) In Schedules D and E to that Act (forms of confirmation), for the word “oath” there shall be substituted “ declaration ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 22 partly in force; Sch. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 75(2); para. 22(1) in force for certain purposes and para. 22(2) wholly in force at 1.3.1997 by S.I. 1996/2894, art. 3, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 1996/2966, art. 2)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:55.706799+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."
}