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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/351",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed Day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 4(1) to (4), (5)(a) to (c) and (f) (reviews of electoral arrangements) and 6 (interpretation of Part 1) of the Act for all purposes is 20th August 2004.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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