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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-against-short-periods-of-imprisonment-scotland-order-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/236",
  "legislation_title": "The Presumption Against Short Periods of Imprisonment (Scotland) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-against-short-periods-of-imprisonment-scotland-order-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nCriminal Procedure\nMade 2nd July 2019\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 204(3C) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, section 204(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 204(3D) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and section 201(4) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.46. Subsections (3A) to (3D) were inserted by section 17 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2010 asp 13."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/236/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."
}