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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-4-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2009/article-16",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/267",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-4-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Freeing orders made before the appointed day",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where a child is subject to a freeing order—\n(a) immediately before the appointed day; or\n(b) by virtue of an order granted following an application referred to in article 18.\n(2) Subject to section 35 (effect of order on existing rights etc.) of the Act the freeing order shall continue to have effect until 28th September 2010.\n(3) Despite their repeal the provisions of the 1978 Act continue to have effect as they did immediately before the appointed day to the extent required for the purposes of paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/99",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/99",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 2012"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/267/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:00:28.068623+00:00"
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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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