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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-7/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 56(4)(retaining sample or relevant physical data where given voluntarily)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for the words from “police” to “provided;” substitute “ Police Service of Scotland; ”,\n(b) in paragraph (b)—\n(i) in the opening words, repeal the words “within the area of that force”,\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), repeal the words “of the force”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 21 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/schedule/7/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:45.019055+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."
}