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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014-part-4-and-part-5-complaints-order-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030851",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Part 4 and Part 5 Complaints) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014-part-4-and-part-5-complaints-order-2016",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Part 4 and Part 5 Complaints) Order 2016 and comes into force on 31st August 2016.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002;\n“a complaint” means a complaint concerning the exercise of functions conferred by or under Part 4 or 5 of the Act;\n“investigating authority” means the person to whom a complaint is made in accordance with article 4(2);\n“investigation procedure” means the procedure provided for in article 6;\n“the Ombudsman” means the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman; and\n“person aggrieved” means an individual who makes a complaint in accordance with article 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030851/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:30.981608+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."
}