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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025-commencement-no-3-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/83",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025-commencement-no-3-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION\nMade 12th February 2026\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 16th February 2026\nComing into force 26th February 2026\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 66(2) and (4)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 66(3) of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025, the Scottish Qualifications Authority has no functions exercisable otherwise than in or as regards Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2025 asp 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 2025/1350, article 4 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule. Under article 1(4), paragraphs 2 to 22 of the Schedule and, so far as relating to those provisions of the Schedule, article 4 came into force on the same day as section 2 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 came into force. Section 2 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 came into force on 1 February 2026, under S.S.I. 2026/2, regulation 2(2) read with Part 1 of the schedule."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/83/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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