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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-9-order-2022/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2022/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014-commencement-no-9-order-2022",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Day appointed",
  "text": "1 April 2022 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 9 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 9 was amended by paragraph 5(3) of the schedule of the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/22/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:51:46.167984+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}