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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990/section-44",
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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": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part II.",
  "text": "In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“advocate” means a member of the Faculty of Advocates practising as such;\n“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;\n“the Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading;\n“Lord President” means the Lord President of the Court of Session;\n“solicitor” has the same meaning as in section 65(1) of the 1980 Act; and\n“the 1980 Act” means the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.\n“the 2007 Act” means the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 44 inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 51(a); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition \"the 2007 Act\" in s. 44 inserted (1.10.2008) by Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 5), s. 82(2), Sch. 5 para. 3(12) (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2008/311, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 75(2) and S.I. 1991/822, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:55.706799+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}