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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/10" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2018" Number="0010">Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018</Citation></Title>
<Number>10</Number>
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<DateText>5th June 2018</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00107" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2018/10/section/26" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-26">Section 26</CitationSubRef> – Meaning of “court”</Title>
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<Text>This section provides that, in relation to proceedings in the sheriff court, references to the “court” in Part 2 and elsewhere in the Act include references to a sheriff.  This includes the Sheriff Personal Injury Court established by the All-Scotland Sheriff Court (Sheriff Personal Injury Court) Order 2015.</Text>
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