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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-commencement-no-13-scotland-order-2017/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/403",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 13) (Scotland) Order 2017",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of Part 1 (socio-economic inequalities) of the Equality Act 2010 come into force on 1st April 2018—\n(a) in section 1 (public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities), subsections (1) to (3) and (6);\n(b) section 2 (power to amend section 1), so far as it confers a power on the Scottish Ministers; and\n(c) section 3 (enforcement).\n(2) For the avoidance of doubt, section 1(3) is commenced as originally enacted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 1 and 2 of the Equality Act 2010 are amended by section 38 of the Scotland Act 2016. Section 1 will also be relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2018/xxx. There are other amendments to section 1 that are not yet in force and not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
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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."
}