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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/474",
  "legislation_title": "The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the Commission” and “the Controller of Audit” have, respectively, the same meanings as in Part VII of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and\n“the appointed day” means 1st January 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
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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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