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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "In this schedule—\n“appointed day” means such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint (and different days may be appointed for different purposes),\n“joint board” means a joint fire and rescue board constituted by a scheme made under section 2(1) of the 2005 Act,\n“relevant employer”, in relation to—\n(a)a person employed by a local authority, means the local authority with which the person has a contract of employment,\n(b)a person who is a member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers, means the Scottish Ministers,\n“transfer day”, in relation to a person, means the day on which a staff transfer scheme comes into force in relation to the person,\n“transferring employee” means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is an employee of a joint board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 1 power exercised: 1.4.2013 appointed for the purposes of sch. 6 by S.S.I. 2012/333, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 1.10.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/253, art. 2, Sch."
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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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