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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018/section-12",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/5",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "The 1995 Act etc.",
  "text": "(1) The schedule modifies the 1995 Act and some other enactments in various respects, including under several headings as to rules of criminal procedure—\nrestriction on bail in solemn cases,\nbail condition concerning precognition,\nprohibition on conduct of own defence,\nspecial measures for vulnerable witnesses,\npresentation of certain expert evidence,\nvictim safety in relation to sentencing,\nconsideration of non-harassment order.\n(2) In this section (together with the schedule), “the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 1.4.2019 by S.S.I. 2018/387, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/5/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:16.258972+00:00"
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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."
}