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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999-commencement-no-4-scotland-order-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2000/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999-commencement-no-4-scotland-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2000/223 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Scottish Statutory Instrument\nCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS\nMade 6th November 2000\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(3) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 18; section 16(2) of the Act, which provides that for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), any provision of the 1999 Act which extends to Scotland is to be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of the 1998 Act, was commenced on 16th October 2000 by S.I. 2000/2821. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
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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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