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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-1-scotland-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-1-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 1st December 2020\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd December 2020\nComing into force 1st January 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 70(2) and (7) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2019 c.17."
    }
  ],
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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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