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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981/section-23",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/59",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981.\n(2) This Act (except this section) shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.\n(3) This Act extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 23(2) fully exercised: 1.9.1982 appointed by S.I. 1982/972, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/59/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:44.414172+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."
}