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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statements-prescribed-offences-scotland-amendment-no-2-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/287",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Statements (Prescribed Offences) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.S.I. 2003/441 and S.S.I. 2004/246 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.\nCRIMINAL LAW\nMade 8th June 2004\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 11th June 2004\nComing into force 17th June 2004\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "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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