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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-conservation-act-1996-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2796",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Conservation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-conservation-act-1996-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings the Energy Conservation Act 1996 (“the Act”) into force in Scotland on 1st December 1996. The Act amends the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (c. 10), which is being brought into force in Scotland on the same date by virtue of S.I. 1996/2797. The Act has not yet been commenced in the rest of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2796/note",
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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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