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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-2-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-2013/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/196",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Notification Requirements) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-2-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-2013",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Notification Requirements) 2013.\n(2) Subject to subparagraph (3) it comes into force on the day after the day on which the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 are made.\n(3) Paragraph 3 comes into force on the day on which section 102(1) and (2) (sex offender notification requirements) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 comes fully into force.\n(4) A certified copy of this Act of Adjournal is to be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.\n(5) The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2013/[ ]."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2010 asp 13. Section 102(1) and (2) came partially into force, for specific purposes only, on 28th March 2011 by virtue of article 2 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No.8, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/178)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are contained in Schedule 2 to the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 (S.I. 1996/513), last amended by S.S.I. 2013/72."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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