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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-4-drug-treatment-and-testing-orders-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/1999/191",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) (Drug Treatment and Testing Orders) 1999",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)\nSection 89 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) inserted section 234B into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 to empower a court to make drug treatment and testing orders in certain circumstances.\nThis Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 by prescribing the form in which such drug treatment and testing orders are to be made.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/191/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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