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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018-commencement-no-2-regulations-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-representation-on-public-boards-scotland-act-2018-commencement-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force section 1, sections 3 to 6, sections 9 to 11 and schedule 2 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the Act”) on 29 May 2020.\nThe Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 9 March 2018. Sections 13 and 14 came into force the following day. Section 2 (key definitions), section 7 (guidance on operation of Act), section 8 (reports on operation of Act), section 12 (regulations) and schedule 1 of the Act came into force on 1 December 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/119/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:42.599828+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."
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