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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2018/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/387",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transitional provision: modification of enactments",
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs 3 to 11 of schedule 1 of the Act apply in respect of proceedings commenced on or after 1 April 2019.\n(2) In any proceedings in respect of which an indictment or complaint is served on the accused before 1 April 2019, and a further indictment or complaint is served on the accused on or after that date, the amendments effected by paragraphs 3 to 11 of schedule 1 of the Act apply only in respect of charges contained in the further indictment or complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/387/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:09:45.930691+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."
}