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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000-commencement-no-3-order-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ethical-standards-in-public-life-etc-scotland-act-2000-commencement-no-3-order-2003",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of Provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 21st February 2003:–\n(a) section 6;\n(b) section 7(2), so far as relating to the power of Ministers to make regulations;\n(c) sections 25(1) to (8); and\n(d) section 27.\n(2) The following provisions of the Act, so far as they are not already in force, shall come into force on 1st May 2003:–\n(a) sections 4, 5 and 7;\n(b) sections 10 to 25, and section 26;\n(c) section 29;\n(d) section 32; and\n(e) section 36.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 28(1) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 defines “Ministers” as the Scottish Ministers."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/74/article/2",
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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."
}