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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-against-earnings-variation-scotland-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/27",
  "legislation_title": "The Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diligence-against-earnings-variation-scotland-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Enforcement\nMade 1st February 2023\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd February 2023\nComing into force 6th April 2023\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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 18. The functions of the Lord Advocate were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1999/678 and to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/27/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:46:52.113470+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."
}