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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-of-death-scotland-act-1977/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/27",
  "legislation_title": "Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-of-death-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977.\n(2) This Act, except this section, shall come into force on such date as the Lord Advocate may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(3) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 20(2) fully exercised: 1.3.1978 appointed by S.I. 1978/159"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/27/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:24.593811+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."
}