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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-modifications-and-savings-order-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2013/9780111019894",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-modifications-and-savings-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 285 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (previous convictions: proof, general)—\n(a) in subsection (2)—\n(i) after “signed by” insert “or on behalf of”;\n(ii) for the first “Secretary of State” to the first “certificate” substitute “chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”; and\n(iii) for the first “in pursuance” to the second “Metropolis” substitute “by the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the certificate is signed”; and\n(b) in subsection (5)—\n(i) after “signed by” insert “or on behalf of”;\n(ii) for the first “Secretary of State” to the first “certificate” substitute “chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”;\n(iii) omit “the Secretary of State or by a person authorised by him to sign such a certificate or by”; and\n(iv) before “or the Commissioner” insert “the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.46. Section 285 has been amended by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 48), section 59."
    }
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  "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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