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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/643",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2005",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day for commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 30th December 2005–\n(a) section 41(5) to (9), so far as relating to Scotland;\n(b) section 132;\n(c) paragraphs 21 to 35 and 82 to 84 of Schedule 3;\n(d) paragraph 23 of Schedule 4;\n(e) the entries in Schedule 5, so far as relating to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (c);\n(f) section 139, so far as relating to the provisions mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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