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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977-commencement-no-7-order-1980/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1980/487",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Law Act 1977 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977-commencement-no-7-order-1980",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force on 12th May 1980 the provisions of the Criminal Law Act 1977 set out in the Schedule to the Order. It does not apply in Scotland.\nOther Orders bringing into force provisions of that Act were made by S.I. 1977/1365, 1426, 1682, 1744 (for Scotland) and 1978/712, 900 (for Scotland).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/487/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:02:43.127918+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."
}