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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003-prescribed-police-stations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/220",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003-prescribed-police-stations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 25th May 2021\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 27th May 2021\nComing into force 2nd July 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c.42. The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as exercisable within devolved competence, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 142(6) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 87(1) of the 2003 Act is amended by S.S.I. 2013/119."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/220/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:55:32.185940+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."
}