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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2012-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2013/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/7",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 2012 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2012-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Convertible devolution issue to become compatibility issue",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a convertible devolution issue becomes a compatibility issue for all purposes on the relevant date.\n(2) Where a hearing to determine a convertible devolution issue (whether at first instance or on a reference from a lower court) commences before the relevant date but the court has not determined the issue by that date, the issue becomes a compatibility issue immediately after the court determines it.\n(3) Where the hearing of an appeal against a determination of a convertible devolution issue commences before the relevant date but the court has not determined the appeal by that date, the issue becomes a compatibility issue immediately after the court disposes of the appeal.\n(4) Where a convertible devolution issue arises in a trial commencing before the relevant date but the trial verdict has not been returned by that date, the issue becomes a compatibility issue immediately after the verdict is returned.\n(5) In this article, a trial is taken to commence—\n(a) in solemn proceedings, when the oath is administered to the jury;\n(b) in summary proceedings, when the first witness is sworn.\n(6) Except as otherwise provided for in this Order, a devolution issue arising in criminal proceedings before the relevant date remains a devolution issue notwithstanding the commencement of sections 34 to 36 of the 2012 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/7/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:07:48.014831+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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