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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1995-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/402",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to article 4 below, the following provisions of the 1995 Act shall come into force on 31st March 1997—\n(a) sections 3 and 5;\n(b) section 7, to the extent not already in force;\n(c) sections 9 to 25;\n(d) section 29 insofar as, to bring provisions in Schedules 2 and 3 into force, it is not already in force;\n(e) Schedule 2, to the extent not already in force; and\n(f) Schedule 3, to the extent not already in force.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/402/article/3",
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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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