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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1996-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-scotland-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/98",
  "legislation_title": "The Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Order 2001",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "31st March 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996:–\n(a) section 2 (offer to make amends), section 3(1) to (7), (9) and (10) (accepting an offer to make amends) and section 4 (failure to accept offer to make amends); and\n(b) so far as they extend to, and are not already in force in, Scotland–\n(i) section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals);\n(ii) section 17 (interpretation).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 17 was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 33."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/98/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."
}