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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1987-fixed-penalty-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1987-fixed-penalty-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/617",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Fixed Penalty Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1987-fixed-penalty-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND\nMade 5th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1996\nComing into force 31st March 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 56(7) and 7(A) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 41; Paragraphs (7) and (7A) of section 56 were inserted by section 61(6) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 20)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/617/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}