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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-7",
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  "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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Ministers' power to request that sentencing guidelines be prepared or reviewed",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may request that the Council consider—\n(a) preparing, for the approval of the High Court of Justiciary, sentencing guidelines on any matter, or\n(b) reviewing any sentencing guidelines published by the Council.\n(2) The Council must have regard to any request made by the Scottish Ministers.\n(3) If the Council decides not to comply with a request made by the Scottish Ministers, it must provide the Scottish Ministers with reasons for its decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 19.10.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/336, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/7",
    "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."
}