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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/10",
  "legislation_title": "Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Establishment",
  "text": "(1) Community Justice Scotland (in Gaelic, Ceartas Coimhearsnachd Alba) is established.\n(2) Schedule 1 makes further provision about the constitution of Community Justice Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 1.10.2016 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2016/262, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 1.4.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2017/33, reg. 2(3)"
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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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