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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2323",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997-commencement-no2-and-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "COMMENCEMENT OF PART V OF THE ACT",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nProvision of Act\nDate in Force\nProvision of 1986 Act\nPurpose for which provision of 1986 Act comes into force on date\nSection 49\n1 October 1997\nSection 25A(5) and (6) (Criminal Legal Assistance Register)\nOnly for the purpose of enabling the Board to determine the form of the application for entry on the Register and to specify the documents which are to accompany the application.\nSection 49\n1 October 1997\nSection 25B (Code of Practice in relation to Criminal legal assistance)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 49\n1 April 1998\nSection 25A(1) and (5) to (15) (Criminal Legal Assistance Register)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 49\n1 April 1998\nSection 25F(1) (Publication of Register)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 49\n1 October 1998\nSection 25A(2) to (4) (Criminal Legal Assistance Register)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 49\n1 October 1998\nSections 25C to E (Supervision of registered solicitors and firms, removal of name from Register following failure to comply with code and further provisions as to removal of name from Register)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 49\n1 October 1998\nSection 25F(2) and (3) (Publication of Register)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 50\n1 October 1997\nSection 28A (Employment of solicitors in relation to criminal legal assistance)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 51\n1 October 1997\nSection 33(3A) and (3B) (Fixed payments)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 52\n1 October 1997\nSection 33A (Contracts for the provision of criminal legal assistance)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 53\n1 October 1997\nSection 35A to C (Power of Board to require information, to enter premises and investigate and suspend payments to a solicitor)\nFor all purposes.\nSection 54\n1 October 1997\nSection 41A (Regulations in relation to criminal legal assistance)\nFor all purposes.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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