{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The commencement or conduct of—\n(a) civil or criminal proceedings before any court of law, or\n(b) proceedings before any international court or tribunal.\n(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to civil proceedings includes a reference to inquiries under the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2 renumbered as sch. 4 para. 2(1) (1.4.2011) by Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11), s. 31(5), sch. 3 para. 21(a) (with s. 31(6), sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (15.6.2017) by Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 2), s. 42(2), sch. 2 para. 9; S.S.I. 2017/155, reg. 2 (with regs. 4(2), 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2005/13",
      "affecting_title": "Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/11/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:01.368750+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."
}