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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-offences-no-2-scotland-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/71",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Statements (Prescribed Offences) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-offences-no-2-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2009/31 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Order.\nCRIMINAL LAW\nMade 24th February 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 25th February 2009\nComing into force 1st April 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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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