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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-no-4-order-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3004",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-no-4-order-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997; and\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 46."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3004/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:23.719419+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."
}