{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-districts-alteration-of-boundaries-amendment-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2192",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriff Court Districts (Alteration of Boundaries) Amendment Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-court-districts-alteration-of-boundaries-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Sheriff Court Districts (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 1996 made provision as to the boundaries of the sheriff court districts in Scotland. This Order amends that Order so that, with effect from 26th August 1996–\n(c) electoral ward 23 in the local government area of Angus is transferred from the sheriff court district of Perth to that of Forfar; and\n(d) Livingston and Lochgilphead are prescribed as additional places at which sheriff courts may be held in the sheriff court districts of Linlithgow and Dunoon respectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2192/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:26.193607+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."
}