{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-fees-amendment-order-1971/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-fees-amendment-order-1971/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/808",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheriffs' Fees (Amendment) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-fees-amendment-order-1971",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Sheriffs' Fees (Amendment) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1971.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Order of 1920” means the Order made under section 20(2) of the Sheriffs Act 1887 and dated 8th July 1920, as amended ;\n“the Order of 1921” means the Order made under the said section 20(2) and dated 2nd May 1921 .\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S. R.& O. 1920/1250 (Rev. XX, p. 734: 1920 II, p. 673)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1956/502, 2081, 1962/2417 (1956 II, pp. 2222, 2224; 1962 III, p. 3311)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. & O. 1921/827 (Rev. XX, p. 736: 1921, p. 1226)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/808/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:45:28.102152+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."
}