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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2014/10",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Principle to be observed",
  "text": "(1) In exercising their regulation-making functions under this Act, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the principle below.\n(2) In exercising their leadership functions under this Act, the Lord President and the President of Tribunals must have regard to the principle below.\n(3) The principle is the need for proceedings before the Scottish Tribunals—\n(a) to be accessible and fair, and\n(b) to be handled quickly and effectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/10/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:42:54.004820+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."
}