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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-commencement-and-savings-order-2007/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/250",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement and Savings) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-commencement-and-savings-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "Subject to the savings provisions contained in article 4, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 23rd April 2007–\n(a) section 35 (evidence on commission);\n(b) section 36 (victim notification scheme);\n(c) section 44(2) (particular statutory offences);\n(d) section 56 (recognition of EU financial penalties);\n(e) section 67(5) and (6) (appointment of JPs);\n(f) section 69 (training and appraisal of JPs);\n(g) sections 78 and 79 (appointment of Inspector, and the Inspector’s functions);\n(h) section 80 (modification of enactments), for the purposes of bringing into force the provisions of the schedule to the Act specified in paragraph (i); and\n(i) paragraphs 6, 16(1), 18(2), 18(3) and 19 of the schedule to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/250/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:33.268515+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."
}