{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-2012/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-order-2012",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2012 and comes into force on 31st January 2012.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 2011 Act” means the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011;\n“the appointed day” means 31st January 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/2/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:22.791416+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."
}