{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/49",
  "legislation_title": "The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "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. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008.\n(2) In this Order–\n(a) “the 2000 Act” means the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000;\n(b) references to sections, schedules and parts are, unless otherwise stated, references to sections and parts of, and schedules to, the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007.",
  "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/2008/49/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:08:46.217078+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."
}