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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2004/3" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2004" Number="0003">Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004</Citation></Title>
<Number>3</Number>
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<DateText>14 April 2004</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00127" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2004/3/section/18" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-18">Section 18</CitationSubRef> – The special measures</Title>
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<Text>Subsections (<CitationSubRef id="c00129" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2004/3/section/18/1" CitationRef="c00127" SectionRef="section-18-1">1</CitationSubRef>)(a) to (d) list the special measures that will be available to vulnerable witnesses to help them give their evidence. Subsection 1(e) confers on the Scottish Ministers a power to make provision for other special measures by way of statutory instrument.</Text>
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