{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.65.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997",
  "path": "rule/3.65",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.65",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part–\n“the Act of 2004” means the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004;\n...\n“child witness notice” has the meaning given in section 12(2) of the Act of 2004;\n“review application” means an application for review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses pursuant to section 13 of the Act of 2004.\n“vulnerable witness application” has the meaning given in section 12(6)(a) of the Act of 2004”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 3 Pt. 11 inserted (1.4.2005) by Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004) 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/190), paras. 1(1), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.65 omitted (24.6.2013) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(58) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.65 inserted (1.4.2006) by Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/75), paras. 1(1), 2(2),"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/3.65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.022825+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}