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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/237/article/2/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2020</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer for Scotland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2020-08-10</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">CRIMINAL LAW</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order commences section 25 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) for certain purposes only.</dc:description>
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<Text>Subject to paragraph (2), 25 August 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 25 of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014.</Text>
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<Text>Paragraph (1) brings section 25 into force only for the purpose of inserting section 253B into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> to enable an order to be made under section 253B(5) or (6) of that Act (as so inserted).</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/46" id="c00020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1995" Number="0046">1995 c. 46</Citation>.</Text>
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