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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016/article-94",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/900",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/94",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "94",
  "heading": "Punishment of offences",
  "text": "Section 431 (summary proceedings) of the 1986 Act, as it applies to Scotland, has effect in relation to offences under these Rules as to offences under the 1986 Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 94 in force at 1.10.2016, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 431 was amended by the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40), Schedule 4, paragraph 61."
    }
  ],
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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."
}