{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-1-transitional-provision-and-savings-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/334",
  "legislation_title": "The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-1-transitional-provision-and-savings-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2007.\n(2) In this Order–\n(a) “the Act” means the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007;\n(b) “the 2000 Act” means the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000;\n(c) references to sections and schedules are, unless otherwise stated, references to sections of, and schedules to, the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 asp 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/334/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:12:29.898694+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."
}