{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/period-products-free-provision-scotland-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2022/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/period-products-free-provision-scotland-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2022/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/period-products-free-provision-scotland-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2022",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force sections 1 to 4 and section 8 of the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (“the Act”) on 15 August 2022.\nThe Period Products in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/183) will be revoked when section 2(8) of the Act is brought into force.\nThe Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 12 January 2021. Sections 9 (key definitions), 10 (interpretation), 11 (commencement) and 12 (short title) came into force on the following day. Sections 5 (guidance), 6 (statement on exercise of functions), and 7 (consultation) were brought into force by the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/104) on 18 March 2021.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/208/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:49:26.638967+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."
}