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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-3-scotland-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/72",
  "legislation_title": "The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-3-scotland-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 9th March 2023\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 13th March 2023\nComing into force 27th March 2023\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2019 c. 17."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/72/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:46:18.365419+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."
}