{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/566",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2007.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1965 Act” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965; and\n“the 2006 Act” means the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 49, relevantly amended by section 42 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/566/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:36.439219+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."
}