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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2008/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2008/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/297",
  "legislation_title": "The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002-scottish-public-authorities-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2008 and comes into force on 13th October 2008.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 13.10.2008, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/297",
      "affecting_title": "The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/297/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:49.404069+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."
}