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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-159",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-159.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/13",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/159",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Exemptions from disclosure",
  "text": "Information must not be disclosed by virtue of this Part to the extent that it is material the disclosure of which is prohibited by section 56 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 substituted (27.6.2018) by Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25), s. 272(1), Sch. 10 para. 51 (with Sch. 9 paras. 7, 8, 10); S.I. 2018/652, reg. 12(g)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 159 in force at 6.6.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/178 , art. 2 , Sch."
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:22.831430+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."
}