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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knife-dealers-licence-conditions-scotland-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Knife Dealers (Licence Conditions) (Scotland) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knife-dealers-licence-conditions-scotland-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 28th January 2013\nComing into force 29th January 2013\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3A(1) and (2) and 27C of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 3A(3) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c.45; section 3A was inserted by section 172(3) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13) and section 27C was amended by section 172(4) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers to make this Order are exercised together by virtue of section 33(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The Order is subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of section 33(3) of that Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/22/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."
}