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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-of-the-peace-courts-special-measures-scotland-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/447",
  "legislation_title": "The Justice of the Peace Courts (Special Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-of-the-peace-courts-special-measures-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Procedure\nEvidence\nMade 17th December 2015\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 288G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.46. Section 288G was added by the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3) section 10. Section 288G was amended by the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6) Schedule 1, paragraph 26(s) and should be read with paragraph 33 of Schedule 1 to that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/447/introduction",
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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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