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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004/section-23",
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  "legislation": "asp/2004/3",
  "legislation_title": "Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/vulnerable-witnesses-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Establishment of grounds of referral to children’s hearings: restrictions on evidence",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23 repealed (24.6.2013) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1), s. 206(2), Sch. 6 (with s. 186); S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/168, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:39.169379+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."
}