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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-profession-and-legal-aid-scotland-act-2007/section-25",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/5",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-profession-and-legal-aid-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with recommendation",
  "text": "(1) If the Commission considers that a relevant professional organisation has failed to comply with a direction under section 24(6), the Commission may apply by petition to the court for the organisation to be dealt with in accordance with subsection (2).\n(2) Where such a petition is presented, the court may inquire into the matter and after hearing—\n(a) any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the professional organisation; and\n(b) any statement that may be offered in defence,\nmay order the organisation to comply with the recommendation with which the direction under section 24(6) is concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/5/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:01.165335+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."
}