{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-7-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3108",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 7) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-appointed-day-no-7-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st January 1998 for the purposes of Part I and sections 43 and 69 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.\nThe provisions specified in Article 2 of this Order apply—\n(a) in the case of Part I (disclosure), in relation to alleged offences into which no criminal investigation has begun before 1st January 1998 (Section 1(3));\n(b) in the case of Part IV (rulings), in relation to pre-trial hearings beginning on or after 1st January 1998 (Section 43(2)); and\n(c) in the case of Section 69 (proof by written statement), in relation to statements tendered in evidence on or after 1st January 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3108/note",
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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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