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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010/schedule-4/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/16",
  "legislation_title": "Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-services-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The grounds for an appeal under paragraph 8 are—\n(a) that, in the circumstances of the case—\n(i) it was not appropriate to impose the penalty, or\n(ii) the amount of the penalty is excessive,\n(b) that the date specified under paragraph 6(3)(c)(iii) is unreasonable,\n(c) that the other arrangements for payment are unreasonable, including—\n(i) the absence of any provision for payment by instalments, or\n(ii) any provision for payment by instalments that has been allowed,\n(d) that—\n(i) the penalty was imposed otherwise than in accordance with this schedule, and\n(ii) the approved regulator's interests have been substantially prejudiced as a result.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 1.4.2011 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 2.7.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2012/152, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/8",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/16/schedule/4/paragraph/9",
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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."
}