{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-termination-of-transitional-provisions-order-1971/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/589",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Young Persons (Termination of Transitional Provisions) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-termination-of-transitional-provisions-order-1971",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order specifies 15th April 1971 for the purposes of section 72(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, as the day on which the transitional provisions contained in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Act shall cease to have effect.\nThese provisions, which came into force on 1st January 1971, relate to the interim period after the coming into force of certain provisions of Part I of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 and before the coming into force of certain provisions of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The relevant provisions (Part III) of the 1968 Act are brought into force on 15th April 1971 by the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1971 (S.I. 1971/184); accordingly, this Order terminates the provisions of Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1969 Act on that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/589/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:46:53.467570+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."
}