{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/421",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-2009-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 24th November 2010\nComing into force 1st December 2010\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 59(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 asp 9. Sections 9, 10, 26, 36 and 39 have been amended by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), sections 43 and 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/421/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."
}