{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-55",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/20",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/55",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 150 (admissions and agreements as to evidence in solemn proceedings)—\n(a) in subsection (1), the words “, where the accused is legally represented,” shall cease to have effect; and\n(b) in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—\n“(a) in the case of an admission, by the party making the admission or, if that party is the accused and he is legally represented, his counsel or solicitor; and\n(b) in the case of an agreement, by the prosecutor and by the accused or, if he is legally represented, his counsel or solicitor”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/20/schedule/6/paragraph/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:09.867874+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."
}