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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/147",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-3-order-2009",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule is 20th April 2009.\n(2) The subject matter of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 is listed in column 2 of the Schedule.\n(3) The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule come into force only for the purpose of making regulations, orders or rules under the provision so specified.",
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  "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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