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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/274",
  "legislation_title": "The Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001-commencement-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement of Parts 1, 2 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Act",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 27th July 2001–\n(a) section 3(1)(b), but only insofar as it inserts section 10(2U) of the 1993 Act;\n(b) section 4, but only insofar as it relates to the provisions of the Schedule mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) below;\n(c) paragraphs 21 and 68 of the Schedule;\n(d) paragraph 77 of the Schedule, but only for the purpose of applying paragraph 68;\n(e) section 5(1), (2) and (5); and\n(f) section 5(4), but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under paragraph 3D of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act.\n(2) Section 11 of the Act shall come into force on 5th September 2001.\n(3) Sections 1 and 2 of the Act, and sections 3, 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Act, in so far as they are not already in force, shall come into force on 8th October 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/274/article/3",
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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."
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