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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016-consequential-provisions-order-2017/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111159866",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017",
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  "path": "article/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exercise of functions by other officials",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3 makes provision about the application of the 2016 Act in relation to—\n(a) immigration officers;\n(b) designated customs officials; and\n(c) officers of Revenue and Customs.\n(2) Nothing in Parts 2 to 5 of Schedule 3 causes a provision contained in Part 1 of the 2016 Act to apply in relation to a case in which a person is arrested before this article comes into force.\n(3) Nothing in Parts 2 to 5 of Schedule 3 causes a provision of the 2016 Act to apply in relation to a case if—\n(a) the provision is contained in Part 1 of the 2016 Act and it would not apply in relation to the case had the arrest of the person in question been effected in Scotland by a constable of the Police Service of Scotland under section 1 of that Act; or\n(b) the provision is contained in Part 2 of the 2016 Act and it would not apply in relation to the case had the search of the person in question been carried out in Scotland by a constable of the Police Service of Scotland.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111159866/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:14.523018+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."
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