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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/schedule-5ZB/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/schedule-5ZB/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/5ZB/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Certain electoral offences where foreign power or designated body condition met",
  "text": "An offence—\n(a) to which subsection (1)(a) of section 16 of the National Security Act 2023 applies (relevant electoral offences committed on or after specified day), and\n(b) in relation to which it is determined for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) of that section that the foreign power condition or the designated body condition is met,\nother than an offence under section 89A(4) or (5) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5ZB Pt. 2 inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 8(11), 49(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5ZB para. 12(b) inserted (8.7.2026) by National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (c. 24), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 5(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5ZB para. 12 heading inserted (8.7.2026) by National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (c. 24), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 5(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/schedule/5ZB/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+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."
}