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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/schedule/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "asp/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/40",
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  "number": "40",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 257 (duty to seek agreement of evidence), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(4) Without prejudice to subsection (3) above, in the case of proceedings in the High Court, the parties to the proceedings shall, in complying with the duty under subsection (1) above, seek to ensure that the facts to be identified, and the steps to be taken in relation to those facts, by that subsection are identified and taken before the preliminary hearing.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 40 in force at 1.2.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/405, art. 2(1), sch. 1 (with arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}