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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-77",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Bringing code of practice into effect",
  "text": "(1) A code of practice has no effect until the day appointed for the code by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) When laying before the Scottish Parliament a draft of an instrument containing regulations bringing a code of practice into effect, the Scottish Ministers must also so lay a copy of the code.\n(3) No later than at the end of the 12 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force, there must be so laid a draft of an instrument containing regulations bringing a code of practice into effect.\n(4) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/1/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:41.878642+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."
}