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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apologies-scotland-act-2016-commencement-and-transitory-provision-regulations-2016/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/256",
  "legislation_title": "The Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apologies-scotland-act-2016-commencement-and-transitory-provision-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 22nd September 2016.\n(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Apologies (Scotland) Act 2016.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 22.9.2016, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/256/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:54.119411+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."
}