{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010-commencement-no-10-and-saving-provisions-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 10 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010-commencement-no-10-and-saving-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order “the Act” means the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order criminal proceedings are commenced—\n(a) in summary proceedings, on the date of the first calling of the case; and\n(b) in solemn proceedings, on the date on whichever of the following first occur—\n(i) the grant of a warrant to arrest and commit;\n(ii) the intimation of a petition; or\n(iii) the service of an indictment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/160/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:05.384358+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}