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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1712",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st August 1997 for the coming into force of the provisions of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 which are specified in the Schedule to the Order.\nArticles 4 and 5 make transitional provisions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1712/note",
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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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