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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974-exclusions-and-exceptions-scotland-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111017906",
  "legislation_title": "The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2012",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exclusion of section 4(1) of the Act",
  "text": "The application of section 4(1) of the Act is excluded in relation to—\n(a) any proceedings specified in Schedule 1; and\n(b) any proceedings with respect to a decision or a proposed decision specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2—\n(i) to the extent that there falls to be determined in those proceedings any issue relating to a spent conviction or to circumstances ancillary thereto; and\n(ii) to the extent that section 4(1) renders inadmissible any evidence relating to the conviction or circumstances or removes the requirement to answer any question relating to the conviction or circumstances.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
}