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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-commencement-no-4-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/51",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 4, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-commencement-no-4-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 4, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st April 2013.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/51/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:58.513393+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."
}