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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/643",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005.\n(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002.\n(3) This Order extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/643/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:20.390396+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."
}