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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

83 Transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals.

(1) Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of the transition to the provisions of this Act from the law in force before the commencement of those provisions and with respect to the application of this Act to things done before the commencement of those provisions. (2) The enactments specified in Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act. (3) The enactments specified in Schedule 8 to this Act (which include certain spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Your change, as a redline

83 Transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals.

(1) Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of the transition to the provisions of this Act from the law in force before the commencement of those provisions and with respect to the application of this Act to things done before the commencement of those provisions. (2) The enactments specified in Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act. (3) The enactments specified in Schedule 8 to this Act (which include certain spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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