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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988-commencement-scotland-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1456",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Finance Act 1988 Commencement (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988-commencement-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints the days on which the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“the Act”) which extend only to Scotland are to come into force.\nArticle 3 of the Order provides that the provisions of the Act which are specified in Schedule 1 to the Order are to come into force on 22nd August 1988, subject to any restrictions specified in that Schedule.\nArticles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Order provide that the provisions of the Act which are specified in Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the Order are to come into force respectively on 15th September 1988, 1st October 1988, 1st April 1989 and 1st April 1990.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1456/note",
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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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