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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-2006-commencement-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-2006-commencement-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2006",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "In so far as they relate to periods of non-cohabitation, the provisions of sections 5, 6 and 8, and paragraphs 3 to 5 and 7 of schedule 1 shall not apply where spouses or, as the case may be, civil partners cease to cohabit before 4th May 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/212/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:02.073236+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}