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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualification-from-driving-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2940",
  "legislation_title": "The Disqualification from Driving (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualification-from-driving-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prescribes the sheriff courts of Paisley and Perth for the purposes of section 248C(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.\nThe effect of the Order is that the prescribed courts may make orders under section 248A or 248B of the 1995 Act. An order under section 248A may disqualify an offender from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle in addition to or instead of dealing with the offender in any other way. An order under section 248B may disqualify a fine defaulter from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle instead of imposing a period of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine.\nBy virtue of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1997, sections 248A and 248B of the 1995 Act do not apply in relation to an offence committed before 1st January 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2940/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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