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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995-commencement-no-24-scotland-order-2015/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/73",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 24) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995-commencement-no-24-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 24) (Scotland) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and\n“the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995.\n(3) This Order extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c.43."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/73/article/1",
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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."
}