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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "asp/2025/11",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "text": "(1) The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 19(3) (information held by public bodies etc.)—\n(a) after the entry relating to “Healthcare Improvement Scotland” insert “His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland”,\n(b) the entry relating to “Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools” is repealed.\n(3) In section 97 (general interpretation), the definition of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools is repealed.\n(4) In schedule 5 (index), the entry relating to Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools is repealed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 17 in force at 1.3.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(4)(5), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 9)"
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/11/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:55.294655+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."
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