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  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
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  "path": "section/88",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Orders",
  "text": "(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument; and subject to subsection (2) a statutory instrument containing any such order or regulations, other than an order under section 89(2), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.\n(2) A statutory instrument containing an order under section—\n(a) 6(1)(b), 11(1), 14(1) or (2), 14(12) (including as applied to section 16(5)), 16(4) , 18B or 42(5); or\n(b) 14(13) or 84 which amends or repeals any part of an Act,\nis not made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(2)(a) inserted (18.3.2021) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Supplemental Provisions) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/150), arts. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 88 inserted (30.9.2017) by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9), ss. 59(3), 61(2); S.S.I. 2017/234, art. 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 88(2)(b) inserted (10.2.2021) by Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 1), ss. 23(14), 34; S.S.I. 2020/405, art. 2(a)"
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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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