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  "legislation": "asp/2023/4",
  "legislation_title": "Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1993 Act” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993,\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995,\n“the 2016 Act” means the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 16 in force at 2.8.2023, see s. 18(1)"
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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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