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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-59.2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/513",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/59.2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "59.2",
  "heading": "Exceptions to the rule against Double Jeopardy: applications by the Lord Advocate",
  "text": "(1) An application by the Lord Advocate to set aside a person’s acquittal and grant authority to bring a new prosecution—\n(a) under section 2(2) of the 2011 Act (tainted acquittals);\n(b) under section 3(3)(b) of the 2011 Act (admission made or becoming known after acquittal);\n(c) under section 4(3)(b) of the 2011 Act (new evidence),\nshall be in Form 59.2.\n(2) On making an application the Lord Advocate shall send a copy of the application to the acquitted person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Ch. 59 inserted (28.11.2011) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No.7) (Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011) 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/387), paras. 1(2), 3(1)"
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  },
  "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."
}