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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-scotland-act-1995-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2203",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-scotland-act-1995-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1996",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following transitional provisions shall be made to each of the provisions of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) until the repeal of that provision in Schedule 5 to the Act comes into force.\n(2) In section 2(d) of the 1978 Act, the reference to “custody proceedings” shall be construed as including a reference to proceedings regarding a residence order under section 11(2)(c) of the Act.\n(3) In section 32(4)(c) of the 1978 Act, the reference to an order awarding custody of a child should be construed as including a reference to a residence order under section 11(2)(c) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2203/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:19.444793+00:00"
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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."
}