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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-behaviour-at-football-and-threatening-communications-scotland-act-2012-commencement-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/20",
  "legislation_title": "The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 24th January 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 26th January 2012\nComing into force 1st March 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(2) of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 asp 1."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/20/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."
}