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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-2-miscellaneous-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/62",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Miscellaneous) 2008",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)\nThis Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996.\nParagraph 2 substitutes a new Form 16.1-D (means form).\nParagraph 3 amends the Rules to make provision consequential on the commencement of the provisions of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 in relation to adult vulnerable witnesses in summary proceedings in the sheriff court.\nParagraph 3(1) amends the form of vulnerable witness application set out in the appendix to the Rules to allow it to apply in summary proceedings.\nParagraph 3(2) revokes provision which is no longer necessary in consequence of the completion of the commencement of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/62/note",
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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."
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