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  "title": "The Drugs Courts (Scotland) Order 2003",
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  "long_title": "This Order prescribes that there shall be a drugs court within the Sheriffdoms of Glasgow and Strathkelvin and Tayside, Central and Fife (article 2 and the Schedule). A “drugs court” is defined in section 42(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 as a court especially appropriate to deal with cases involving persons dependent on, or with a propensity to misuse, drugs. In terms of section 42(2)(a) of that Act, the sheriff principal is to nominate a court within the sheriffdom to be a drugs court.",
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