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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990/section-75",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/40",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1990",
  "path": "section/75",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "75",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990.\n(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.\n(3) The provisions of—\n(a) Part III and section 66 of this Act and so much of section 74 as relates to those provisions; and\n(b) sections 67, 70 and 71 of this Act and paragraphs 21 and 34 of Schedule 8 to this Act,\nshall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.\n(4) Paragraph 27(3) of Schedule 8 to this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.\n(5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7) below, this Act extends to Scotland only.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) Paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to this Act, paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to this Act and Schedule 9 to this Act so far as relating to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 extend also to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 75(6) repealed (1.8.1995) by 1995 c. 7, s. 14(2), Sch. 5 (with ss. 9(3)(5)(7), 13, 14(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 75(2) extended (with modifications)(1.7.1989) by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 20, 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 75(2) power exercised by S.I. 1990/2328 and 2624S. 75(2) power exercised: 1.3.1991 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1991/330S. 75(2) power exercised by S.I. 1991/822, 850, 1252S. 75(2): power exercised by S.I. 1991/1903.S. 75(2): power exercised by S.I. 1991/2151.S. 75(2) power partly exercised (19.12.1991): 31.12.1991 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1991/2862S. 75(2) power exercised (7.3.1992): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1992/1599, arts. 3-6S. 75(2) power exercised (5.3.1993): 17.3.1993 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1993/641, art. 3, Sch.S. 75(2) power exercised (14.9.1993): 15.9.1993 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1993/2253, art . 2S. 75(2) power exercised (13.2.1995): 3.4.1995 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1995/364, art. 2S. 75(2) power exercised (6.11.1996): 1.3.1997 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1996/2894, art. 3, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 1996/2966, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/40/section/75",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:55.706799+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."
}