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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1995-commencement-no-3-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3149",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1995-commencement-no-3-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings fully into force on 1 January 1997 section 8 of and Schedule 1 and paragraphs in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. (Section 8 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 came into force on 12 ecember 1996 for the purposes of making recommendations and appointments under that section and paragraph 1 of that Schedule, see the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3041)).\nThese provisions relate to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the body established under section 8 of that Act to consider claims of miscarriages of justice.",
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  "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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