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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/6" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2008" Number="0006">Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008</Citation></Title>
<Number>6</Number>
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<DateText>29 October 2008</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00198" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/6/section/45" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-45">Section 45</CitationSubRef> – Number of judges of the First and Second Division of the Inner House</Title>
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<Text>This section amends section 2 of the <Abbreviation Expansion="Court of Session Act 1988 c. 36">1988 Act</Abbreviation> to require the Scottish Ministers to consult the Lord President before making an order under subsection (2A) altering the number of senior judges in the two Divisions.</Text>
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