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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-5-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/329",
  "legislation_title": "The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 5, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004-commencement-no-5-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Savings and Transitional Provisions",
  "text": "The provisions of the 2004 Act brought into force by this Order shall, in respect of solemn proceedings in the High Court and the sheriff court and summary proceedings in the sheriff court, apply only to solemn and summary proceedings commenced on or after 2nd July 2007, with proceedings being taken to have been commenced when a report of the case has been received by the procurator fiscal.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/329/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:12:34.030634+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."
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