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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-1-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/361",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "(1) 16th November 2015 is the day appointed for the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2) to come into force.\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) section 14 (requirement for medical report);\n(b) section 15 (process for enforcement of orders);\n(c) section 16 (orders relating to non-state hospitals); and\n(d) section 18 (meaning of hospital in sections 264 to 273 of the 2003 Act).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/361/article/2",
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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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