{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-general-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-1999/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/901",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-general-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "FUNCTIONS OF THE LORD ADVOCATE",
  "text": "Judicial Statistics (Scotland) Act 1869 (c. 33), section 4;\nVexatious Actions (Scotland) Act 1898 (c. 35), section 1;\nSheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51), section 38B , Schedule 1, Ordinary Cause Rules 28.2 and 33.62 ;\nTrusts (Scotland) Act 1921 (c. 58), section 26;\nLocal Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 211;\nReservoirs Act 1975 (c. 23), section 3;\nWater (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), section 11;\nEducation (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44), sections 70, 108A;\nRoad Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27), sections 70 and 93;\nCourt of Session Act 1988 (c. 36), section 19;\nEmployment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17), section 33;\nSpecial Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c. 68), section 6;\nEmployment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 (S.I. 1993/2854), Rules 14 and 16;\nAct of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session) 1994 (S.I. 1994/1443), rules 35.2, 49.60, 52.1;\nTrade Effluent (Asbestos) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1993/1446);\nUrban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1994/2842), regulation 14.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 38B was inserted by the Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36), section 52(1), Schedule 1 paragraph 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1993/1956. Rule 28.2 was amended by S.I. 1996/2445. Rule 33.62 was substituted by S.I. 1996/2167 and amended by S.I. 1996/2445."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 211 was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), section 159; extended by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26), section 78(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Extended by the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28), section 20(6)(b)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 108A was renumbered and amended by the Education (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 58), Schedule 6, paragraph 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Amended by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168, Schedule 8, paragraph 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "The short title of this Act was changed by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8), section 1(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Rule 49.60 was amended by S.I. 1996/2587."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/901/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:21.091034+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."
}