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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980/section-1A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/46",
  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/1A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Power to act as statutory regulator",
  "text": "The Society may—\n(a) act as an approved regulator within the meaning of Part 2 of the 2010 Act,\n(b) do anything that is necessary or expedient for the purposes of doing so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1A inserted (1.4.2011) by Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 16), ss. 131, 150(2); S.S.I. 2011/180, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/46/section/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:15.254365+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."
}