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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-poindings-and-warrant-sales-act-2001-repealed/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/1",
  "legislation_title": "Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abolition-of-poindings-and-warrant-sales-act-2001-repealed",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 and the schedule shall come into force on 31st December 2002 or such earlier date as the Scottish Ministers may, by order made by statutory instrument, appoint.\n(2) This Act may be cited as the Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/1/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:20.811152+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."
}