{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-administration-matters-subject-to-investigation-scotland-order-1988/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-administration-matters-subject-to-investigation-scotland-order-1988/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1306",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Administration (Matters Subject to Investigation) (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-administration-matters-subject-to-investigation-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Administration (Matters Subject to Investigation) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 24th August 1988.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975; and\n“joint police committee” means any joint police committee constituted by an amalgamation scheme made or approved under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1306/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:02:40.390854+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."
}