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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014-supplementary-provisions-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/57",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Supplementary Provisions) Order 2021",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Procedure\nMade 2nd February 2021\nComing into force 3rd February 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 33 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 33(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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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