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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-early-release-scotland-act-2025-commencement-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-early-release-scotland-act-2025-commencement-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force on 11 February 2025 all of the provisions of the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (“the 2025 Act”), so far as not already in force.\nThe Bill for the 2025 Act received Royal Assent on 22 January 2025. By virtue of section 8(1) of the 2025 Act, that section, together with section 7 (ancillary provision) and section 9 (short title) came into force on the day after Royal Assent.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/17/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:37:15.235833+00:00"
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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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