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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-5-regulations-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-5-regulations-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring fully into force section 11 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015. Section 11 was previously commenced for the purpose of making regulations under paragraph (7) and (8) of that section.\nThe Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 4 November 2015. Section 45(1) brought into force sections 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 and 46 on the day after Royal Assent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/17/note",
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  "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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