{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-16-education-scotland-act-2013-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-and-savings-provisions-order-2014/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-16-education-scotland-act-2013-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-and-savings-provisions-order-2014/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/21",
  "legislation_title": "The Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory and Savings Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-16-education-scotland-act-2013-commencement-no-3-and-transitory-and-savings-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory and Savings Provisions) Order 2014 and comes into force on 3rd March 2014.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013;\n“college of further education” has the same meaning as in section 35(1) of the 2005 Act (interpretation); and\n“regional strategic body” has the same meaning as in section 35(1) of the 2005 Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 3.3.2014, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This definition is inserted into the 2005 Act by paragraph 8(23)(a)(i) of the schedule to the Act (as commenced by S.S.I. 2013/348)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This definition is inserted into the 2005 Act by paragraph 8(23)(a)(iv) of the schedule to the Act (as commenced by this Order)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/21/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:36:29.597732+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."
}