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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Statements (Prescribed Courts) (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-courts-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL LAW\nMade 27th March 2009\nComing into force 1st April 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 88(2) 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": "2003 asp 7. See section 87(1) for a definition of prescribed."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/134/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."
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