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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-proceedings-for-determination-of-compatibility-questions-rules-2024/rule-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2024/197",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Proceedings for Determination of Compatibility Questions Rules) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-proceedings-for-determination-of-compatibility-questions-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act of Sederunt—\n“the 2024 Act” means the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024;\n“compatibility question” has the meaning given by section 31(1) of the 2024 Act;\n“initiating document” means the initial writ, summons, petition or other document by which the proceedings are initiated;\n“relevant authority” means the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland, the Lord Advocate and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights.\n(2) Any reference in this Act of Sederunt to a numbered Form is a reference to the Form so numbered in schedule 1 of this Act of Sederunt.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/197/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:39:52.792832+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."
}