{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extended-sentences-for-violent-offenders-scotland-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Extended Sentences for Violent Offenders (Scotland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extended-sentences-for-violent-offenders-scotland-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note does not form part of the Order)\nThis Order amends section 210A(3)(b) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by increasing the maximum extension period of an extended sentence passed under section 210A(1) for a violent offence from five to ten years.\nThe Order does not apply to violent offences committed before its coming into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/48/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:24.960761+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}