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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/341",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2013",
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  "heading": "Commencement of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 come into force on 16th December 2013—\n(a) section 52; and\n(b) section 53(2)(a) to (d).",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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