{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-2-saving-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-2-saving-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/590",
  "legislation_title": "The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-2-saving-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and\n“the 2004 Act” means the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 46; section 271 was repealed and substituted with a new section and sections 271A to 271I were added by the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3), section 1 (“the 2004 Act”); section 288C was added by the Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 9), section 1 and sections 288E and 288F were added by the 2004 Act, section 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/590/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:55.472353+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."
}