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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-owner-and-debtor-protection-scotland-act-2010/section-17",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/6",
  "legislation_title": "Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-owner-and-debtor-protection-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Act 2010.\n(2) This Part comes into force on Royal Assent.\n(3) The remaining provisions come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(4) An order under subsection (3) may appoint different days for different provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/6/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:29.235096+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."
}