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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-scotland-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/323",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-scotland-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL LAW\nMade 21st June 2002\nComing into force 22nd June 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 141(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order a draft of which has, in accordance with section 141(3) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 33. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/323/introduction",
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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."
}