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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/50-51/55",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriffs Act 1887",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extent of Act.",
  "text": "This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, P. 400), art. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T18:19:05.728562+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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}