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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2020/9780111045220",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020",
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  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020.\n(2) This regulation and regulations 2, 4(a) and 6 come into force on 27 June 2020.\n(3) Regulations 3, 4(b), 5 and 7, insofar as it applies to qualifying foreign nationals, come into force on the same day as section 1 of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020.\n(4) Regulation 7, insofar that it is not brought into force by regulation 1(3), comes into force on 1 September 2020.\n(5) These Regulations extend to the registration of local government electors in Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2020 asp 6 (“the 2020 Act”)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111045220/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:31:47.457945+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."
}