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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-and-legislative-reform-scotland-act-2010-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2011",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement of the Act",
  "text": "Subject to article 4, 6th April 2011 is the day appointed for the following provisions of the Act to come into force:—\n(a) Part 2 and the associated schedules 2, 3 and 4 (which make provision about the scrutiny of subordinate legislation by the Scottish Parliament);\n(b) Part 4 (which makes provision about orders subject to special parliamentary procedure);\n(c) Part 5 (which makes provision about the laying of certain documents before the Scottish Parliament); and\n(d) section 55(3) (which revokes articles 1 to 3 and 4(6) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999.",
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/1096."
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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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