{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-8-scotland-order-2001/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-8-scotland-order-2001/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2001/482",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 8) (Scotland) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-8-scotland-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Order, which extends to Scotland only, brings into force the following provisions of the Police Act 1997:\nSection 120 (which relates to the register to be maintained by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of Part V of that Act);\nSection 122(1) and (2) (which relates to the code of practice to be published in connection with the use of information provided to registered persons); and\nSection 125 (which relates to regulations made under Part V of the 1997 Act).\nSections 120(3) (power to make regulations about the maintenance of the register), 122(1) and (2) and 125 are brought into force on 1st January 2002 and the remaining provisions of section 120 are brought into force on 1st February 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/482/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:43:38.887150+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."
}