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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-and-release-from-custody-scotland-act-2023/section-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2023/4",
  "legislation_title": "Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-and-release-from-custody-scotland-act-2023",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) This section and sections 6, 7, 15 to 17 and 19 come into force on the day after Royal Assent.\n(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may—\n(a) include transitional, transitory or saving provision,\n(b) make different provision for different purposes.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 2.8.2023, see s. 18(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2023/4/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:16.572754+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."
}