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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-work-complaints-procedure-scotland-order-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111031025",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Social Work Complaints Procedure) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-work-complaints-procedure-scotland-order-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This draft Order supersedes the draft of the same title which was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 18th January 2016 and published on 19th January 2016 (ISBN 9780111030929). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Order.\nDraft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 25(2)(b) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nRegulatory Reform\nSocial Care\nMade 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1) and (7) and 17(1) and (9) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nThe Scottish Ministers consider that the relevant conditions in sections 16(2) and 18(2) of the Act are satisfied.\nThe Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with section 26 of the Act.\nIn accordance with section 19(2) of the Act, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has consented to the laying of a draft of this Order.\nThe Scottish Ministers have laid a draft of this Order and an explanatory document before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 25(2)(b) of the Act.\nIn accordance with section 25(2)(c) of the Act, the draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 asp 8. The effect of sections 14 to 30 and schedules 5 to 7 of the Act has been extended by virtue of section 134(4) and S.S.I. 2015/234. Section 25 was modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111031025/introduction",
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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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