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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-3-and-revocation-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/475",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3 and Revocation) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-3-and-revocation-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force certain provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 on the dates specified in the Schedule to the Order.\nThe coming into force of section 13 is subject to the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/438).\nSections 77, 84, 87 and 88 and schedule 3 were commenced on Royal Assent on 26th March 2003. Section 86 and schedule 5 were also commenced on Royal Assent insofar as relating to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.\nThis Order also revokes the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/439) which contained an error.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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