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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-scotland-order-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/499",
  "legislation_title": "The Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maximum-number-of-judges-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends section 1(1) of the Court of Session 1988 so as to increase the maximum number of persons who may be appointed as judges of the Court of Session from 32 to 34. The Order revokes the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 1999 which had previously increased the number to 32.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/499/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:46.844113+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."
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