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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/islands-scotland-act-2018-commencement-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/islands-scotland-act-2018-commencement-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Bill for the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 6 July 2018. Sections 1, 2, 30, 31 and 32 came into force on the following day. These Regulations bring sections 3 to 6, 15 to 21 and 27 to 29 into force on 4 October 2018. The Act makes provision for a national islands plan, duties in relation to island communities imposed on certain public authorities, the electoral representation of island communities and to establish a licensing scheme in respect of marine developments adjacent to islands.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/282/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:05.162997+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."
}