{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffdoms-alteration-of-boundaries-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1006",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriffdoms (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffdoms-alteration-of-boundaries-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Alteration of boundaries of sheriffdoms",
  "text": "(1) On 1st April 1996, the boundaries of the sheriffdoms of—\n(a) Glasgow and Strathkelvin; and\n(b) South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway,\nshall be altered so that each of those sheriffdoms shall on and after that date comprise the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of the sheriffdom in question (as specified in column 1 of that Schedule).\n(2) The other four sheriffdoms formed under the Sheriffdoms Reorganisation Order 1974 shall continue in existence after 31st March 1996 without alteration of their boundaries and each shall accordingly comprise the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of the sheriffdom in question (as specified in column 1 of that Schedule).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1974/2087, as amended by S.I. 1975/637."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1006/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:45:46.267731+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."
}