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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-2020/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993",
  "text": "In section 27(1) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (interpretation of Part 1), for the definition of “previous conviction” substitute—\n““previous conviction” means—\n(a) a previous conviction by a court in any part of the United Kingdom, or\n(b) if the court considers appropriate, a previous conviction by a court in any member State of the European Union;”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 (in force on IP completion day in accordance with 2020 c. 1, s. 39(1)), see reg. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c.9; the definition of “previous conviction” was inserted by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, schedule 4, paragraph 10."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/339/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:59.412889+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."
}