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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 22nd July 2014\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th July 2014\nComing into force 13th August 2014\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(2) and (3) of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014.",
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      "text": "2014 asp 1."
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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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