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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hate-crime-and-public-order-scotland-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2024/82",
  "legislation_title": "The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hate-crime-and-public-order-scotland-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 14th March 2024\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 18th March 2024\nComing into force 1st April 2024\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(2) of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2021 asp 14. The regulation-making power conferred by section 21(2) of the Act includes the power to make transitional provision by virtue of section 21(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/82/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:41:19.087039+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."
}