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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/schedule/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/schedule/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/7",
  "legislation_title": "Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers shall, no later than two weeks after the referral of an existing life prisoner’s case under paragraph 3 or 8 above, send the documents and other information mentioned in paragraph 10 below to—\n(a) the High Court of Justiciary;\n(b) the Lord Advocate; and\n(c) the existing life prisoner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/7/schedule/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:16.361199+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."
}