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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-3-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/682",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 3) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-3-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) 1st April 1997 is hereby appointed for the purposes of—\n(a) Part I of, and\n(b) sections 51, 61, 63 and 69 of,\nthe Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the Act”).\n(2) Sub-paragraph (a) and, so far as it relates to sections 51 and 69 of the Act, sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above extend to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/682/article/2",
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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."
}