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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-no-6-and-savings-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 6 and Savings) Order 2004",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Savings",
  "text": "Sections 3 and 195(2) of the 1995 Act and paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 shall continue to have effect as if this Order had not been made in relation to any case where–\n(a) the first diet to which the accused is cited in accordance with section 66 of the 1995 Act; or\n(b) the diet in respect of which notice to appear is given to the accused in terms of section 76(1) or 81(1) of the 1995 Act,\nis before 1st May 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 40."
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:43.751684+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."
}