{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-6/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-6/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A court, other than the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, may refer any devolution issue which arises in criminal proceedings before it to—\n(a) the High Court (if the proceedings are summary proceedings), or\n(b) the Court of Appeal (if the proceedings are proceedings on indictment).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 21 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 104(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+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."
}