{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-scotland-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-scotland-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/399",
  "legislation_title": "The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-scotland-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Further restrictions on pre-release access",
  "text": "(1) In this paragraph, official statistics on Scotland's gross domestic product and official statistics on Scottish retail sales (whether by volume or value) are referred to as “excepted statistics”.\n(2) During Year 1 the maximum period which may be allowed for pre-release access to excepted statistics is 1 working day before publication.\n(3) During Year 2 the maximum period is four hours before publication.\n(4) After the end of Year 2 pre-release access to excepted statistics may not be granted.\n(5) In this paragraph—\n“Year 1” is the period of one year beginning on the day after the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act 2021 receives Royal Assent;\n“Year 2” is the period of one year beginning on the day following the end of Year 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4A inserted (22.4.2021) by Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 11), ss. 2(3)(b), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/399/schedule/paragraph/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:22.122906+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."
}