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  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Council's objectives",
  "text": "The Council must, in carrying out its functions, seek to—\n(a) promote consistency in sentencing practice,\n(b) assist the development of policy in relation to sentencing,\n(c) promote greater awareness and understanding of sentencing policy and practice.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 2 in force at 19.10.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/336, art. 2(a)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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