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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-against-earnings-variation-scotland-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/308",
  "legislation_title": "The Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-against-earnings-variation-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Enforcement\nMade 15th November 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 19th November 2012\nComing into force 6th April 2013\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(7)(a), 53(3) and 63(6) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c.18. The functions of the Lord Advocate were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/678) and to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
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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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