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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-in-scotland-act-2003-principal-teachers-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/607",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Principal Teachers) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-in-scotland-act-2003-principal-teachers-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Order substitutes for the period specified in section 50 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 during which the requirement of section 87A of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to advertise a vacant principal teacher post is suspended, the period of 4 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/607/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:36.449806+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."
}