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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no-4-and-saving-provisions-order-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1629",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provisions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no-4-and-saving-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) which are listed in articles 2 and 3 on 3rd July and 1st September 2004 respectively. Article 3(3) and (4) are saving provisions, needed to ensure that the amendments to the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 and Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 apply to new cases only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1629/note",
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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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