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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-no-4-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3004",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and whose subject matter is specified in column 2 of that Schedule shall, insofar as they are not then in force, come into force on 1st January 1998, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3004/article/2",
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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."
}