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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014-prescribed-relatives-order-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Prescribed Relatives) Order 2014",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 15th December 2014\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 16th December 2014\nComing into force 30th January 2015\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(6) and 6(2)(b) of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 asp 1. Sections 2(7) and 6(6) of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 contain definitions of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/360/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."
}