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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/563",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL LAW\nMade 20th November 2003\nComing into force in accordance with article 2\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 88(2) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 7. See section 87(1) for the definition of “prescribed”."
    }
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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."
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