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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-scotland-act-2020/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2020/11",
  "legislation_title": "Consumer Scotland Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The research and investigation function",
  "text": "(1) Consumer Scotland may obtain, analyse, and keep under review—\n(a) information about consumer matters,\n(b) information about the views of consumers on consumer matters, and\n(c) information of such other description as may be prescribed by the Scottish Ministers by regulations.\n(2) Consumer Scotland may also undertake investigations—\n(a) into sectors or practices which it considers cause, or may cause, harm to consumers, or\n(b) otherwise for the purpose of fulfilling its general function.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.4.2022 by S.S.I. 2021/464, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/11/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:47.237967+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."
}