{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-statutory-instruments-regulations-2011/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012505",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Statutory Instruments Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-statutory-instruments-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Citation of instruments",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any other mode of citation, any instrument may be cited—\n(a) by its title; or\n(b) as “S.S.I. [Year]/[Number]” (for example S.S.I. 2011/1), where—\n[Year] is the calendar year of the series to which the instrument has been allocated; and\n[Number] is the number assigned to the instrument under regulation 3.\n(2) An instrument may continue to be cited by the title authorised by any enactment despite the revocation of that enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012505/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:07.163404+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."
}