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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-transitional-and-saving-provisions-scotland-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/454",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-transitional-and-saving-provisions-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the 1976 Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976;\n“the 1990 Act” means the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990;\n“the 2005 Act” means the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005;\n“Board” means a Licensing Board continued in existence by or established under section 5 of the 2005 Act;\n“occasional licence” means a licence granted under section 33 of the 1976 Act;\n“relevant permission” means–\n(a) a licence granted under Part II or III of the 1976 Act (other than a licence provisionally granted under section 26 or an occasional licence); or\n(b) a certificate of registration under Part VII of that Act;\n“the transitional period” means the period from 12:01 a.m. on 1st February 2008 until 5:00 a.m. on 1st September 2009.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 33 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 8, paragraph 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/454/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:11:00.480958+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."
}