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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/432",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2009",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of the 2007 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1, the subject matter being specified in column 2, come into force on 14th December 2009.\n(2) The provisions of the 2007 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2, the subject matter being specified in column 2, come into force on 22nd February 2010.\n(3) The coming into force of the provisions listed in Schedules 1 and 2 are subject to any exceptions or limitations on extent specified in those Schedules.\n(4) Where a particular purpose or area is specified in relation to any provision in column 1 of Schedule 1 or 2, that provision shall come into force, on 14th December 2009 or 22nd February 2010 as the case may be, for that purpose or in that area only.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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