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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Exemption from jury service.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (persons excusable as of right from jury service), after the entries in Group A there is inserted—\n“Group AB\nScottish Parliament and Scottish Government\n(a) members of the Scottish Parliament;\n(b) members of the Scottish Government; and\n(c) junior Scottish Ministers.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 85(1) repealed (5.4.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 332, 336(3), Sch. 37 Pt. 10; S.I. 2004/829, art. 2(1)(2) (subject to art. 2(3)-(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (3.7.2012) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 12(2)(a), 44(5) (with s. 12(3)); S.I. 2012/1710, art. 2(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 55."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/85",
    "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."
}